The History, The Changes, and The Founder
The Hong Kong Economic Journal was founded by Lam Shan-muk (林山木) (brother-in-law of Felix Lok Ying-kwan (駱應鈞 pinyin: Luò YìngJūn)), commonly known by his pen name 林行止 (Lam Hang Chi), who first worked as a data collector for Hong Kong Ming Pao during the 1960s and later as an assistant editor for the evening version of Ming Pao -- and Law Chi-Ping (羅治平 pinyin: Luó ZhìPíng) -- who withdrew his shares later. Together they saw the possibility of developing an economic journal for the Hong Kong public in the early 70s (though some say that it was Lok Yau-Mui ((駱友梅)(sister of Felix Lok Ying-kwan (駱應鈞 pinyin: Luò YìngJūn)), his wife, and not Law Chi-Ping who was the true co-founder) and the newspaper was first published on 3 July 1973.
Unfortunately, shortly after the publication of newspaper, the Hong Kong stock market experienced the first historical huge fall as a result of the then global oil crisis. Nonetheless, the Hong Kong economy revived in 1976 and the newspaper eventually became one of the most influential newspapers in the Chinese media world.
Today the Journal is run by its current director Cho Chi-ming (曹志明; pen name: 曹仁超, Yan Chiu), who writes a daily editorial column called "Investor's Diary 投資者日記", and Joy Shan Lam-Kung (孔林在山), daughter of Mr. Lam.
The online version of the "Hong Kong Economic Journal" was launched in 2008.
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