China Mail, Hongkong Telegraph, Hongkong Daily Press, and South China Morning Post

"Of these four newspapers, the China Mail edited from Wyndham Street was the earliest, starting as a weekly on February 20, 1845. From February 1, 1867 onwards, it became an evening daily.

The first daily newpspaer in the Colony should be the Hongkong Daily Press, edited also from Wydham Street. It began its publication as a morning post on October, 1857.

For over a decade, the China Mail and the Hongkong Daily Press were the only English newspapers in the Colony after their rivals, the Friend of China and the Hongkong Gazette and the Hongkong Register ceased publication in Hong Kong in 1859 and 1863 respectivaly.

It was not until June 15, 1881 that a third newpspaper the Hongkong Telegraph, and evening daily, edited from 6 Pedder's Hill made its appearance.

On November 6, 1903, the morning daily, the South China Morning Post edited from 15-17 Connaught Road and since 1907 from Des Voeux Road was also in print.

Thus, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the British colony of Hong Kong had altogether four English newspapers."

Lam Man-sum, “Hong Kong and China's reform and revolutionary movements: an analytical study of the reports of four Hong Kong English newspapers, 1895-1912” (Unpublished MPhil dissertation, University of Hong Kong, 1984), p. 1.