History
The founders of HK Magazine are Greg Duncan, Stephen Freeman and Gretchen Worth. In 1989, considering Hong Kong a suitable place to start a magazine, they decided to establish an English-language magazine.
The first issue, called HK: the indispensable Hong Kong Guide, was published in June 1991 by the local private company Asia City Publishing Limited. It had 24 pages and claimed a circulation of 15,000. It continued to publish on a monthly schedule until November 1992, when because of the ambiguity of the name and the change of the publisher's schedule, the magazine was renamed HK Magazine, and switched to a bi-weekly schedule for the next three years.
Later in September 1995, it became a weekly magazine. Currently, the claimed circulation is 100,000.
Last 27 March 2009 the magazine allowed the publication of an article from Chip Tsao. His article "War at Home" that appeared on this magazine claims that the Philippines is a nation of servants and claiming that China is the Master. This has triggered a massive outcry from the Filipino community in Hong Kong & in the Philippines. On 30 March 2009, Tsao already made a public apology.
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