The ''Sing Tao Daily'' (), or ''Sing Tao'' () for short, is a
Chinese language
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newspaper
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based in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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. It is jointly owned by the
Hong Kong
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-based
Sing Tao News Corporation
Sing Tao News Corporation Limited (Sing Tao) is a Hong Kong media company, incorporated in Bermuda. It was formerly called Global China Group Holdings Limited.
History
The Group, which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, was founded i ...
and the Canadian publishing conglomerate
Torstar Corporation, parent company of the ''
Toronto Star
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''.
''Sing Tao''s connection to the ''Toronto Star'' was through Andrew V. Go, former ''Star'' vice president for business ventures.
Go's father, Go Puan Seng, was the publisher of ''
The Fookien Times
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