Lat Pau

Lat Pau (Chinese: 叻報) was one of the earliest Chinese-language newspapers published in Singapore. It was first published in December 1881 by See Ewe Lay (Chinese: 薛有礼) under Lat Pau Press Ltd (Chinese: 叻報有限公司). It was published for 52 years, ending in March 1932. It was it the longest-running local-run Chinese newspaper before World War II.[1][2][3]

Lat Pau
The Lat Pau, 28 August 1890
Founder(s)See Ewe Lay
PublisherLat Pau Press Ltd
FoundedDecember 1881
LanguageChinese
Ceased publicationMarch 1932
Headquarters Singapore
WebsiteN.A.
Lat Pau
Traditional Chinese叻報
Simplified Chinese叻报

Lat Pau initially was published in Classical Chinese. In 1925 the newspaper started publishing in Vernacular Chinese.

  • The Lat Pau, 6 January 1925, after the switch to Vernacular Chinese.

References
  1. Lo-Fen I, Smoking and Patriotism: A Study of the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company’s Advertisements on Lat Pau During the May Fourth Movement Period A Discourse on the Gothic Style in Liao Zhai Zhi Yi (Strange Chinese Stories) Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of National Taiwan Normal University, Volume 54, No.2 (Linguistics & Literature).
  2. 張麗萍, 叻報復刊的《荒島》, Fo Guang University
  3. Lat Pau, National University of Singapore Library

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