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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS
The former two English publications are regarded as neutral towards the Government and are mostly "serious" newspapers. CHINESE-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS
''Ta Kung Pao'', ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily'', ''Sing Pao'', ''Sing Tao'' and ''Wenweipao'' are all considered pro-Beijing and pro-government. ''Oriental Daily'', ''Apple Daily'' and ''The Sun'' are known for their sensational style and daily obscene matters (including " Prostitution guides"). ''Ming Pao'' is the one favoured by students. ''Hong Kong Economic Journal'' and ''Hong Kong Economic Times'' are business-oriented. POPULARITY With little competition, ''South China Morning Post'' is the most popular English newspaper. As to Cantonese newspapers, ''Apple Daily'' and the ''Oriental Daily'' have the highest circulation. For the financial newspapers, ''Hong Kong Economic Times'' is the best-selling one. According to independent surveys, ''Ming Pao'' and ''Economic Journal'' are the most trusted papers by local readers. PAPARAZZI The fact that ''Apple Daily'' and ''Oriental Daily'' are of the highest circulation can be explained by their approach. Both use an informal style, concentrating on celebrity gossip and Paparazzi photography, and written to some degree in colloquial Cantonese phrases. This style of writing, as in other markets, is popular with a large section of the public. The content is often exaggerated or outright fabricated in order to claim "exclusives". Although the subjects of these alleged falsehoods have tried to express their dissatifaction through actions such as refusing interviews or even suing the reporters, they have not stopped the papers' activities. NUMBER AND PRICE The number of newspapers in the market has been stable for a long time. There are occasional attempts at establishing new types of newspaper and theme-oriented papers, but most of these new papers cannot compete with the "main stream" papers. The papers have the fixed price at HKD$6 except ''South China Morning Post'' ($7, while the Sunday edition cost $8). ''Metropolis Daily'', ''Headline Daily'', ''am730'', and ''The Epoch Times'' are free papers, distributed at MTR and KCR stations. ''The Sun'' has reduced its price to $3 from October 19 2005 onwards, supposedly for the purpose of competing with the three free papers. SEE ALSO
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