Lat Pau (Chinese: 叻報; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: La̍t Pò; Wade–Giles: Lê4 Pao4) was one of the earliest Chinese-language newspapers published in Singapore under the Straits Settlements.
It was first published in December 1881 by See Ewe Lay (Chinese: 薛有禮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sih Ū-lé) under Lat Pau Press Ltd (Chinese: 叻報有限公司).
It was Singapore's longest-running local-run Chinese newspaper before World War II.
[1][2][3] Lat Pau initially was published in Classical Chinese.
In 1925 the newspaper started publishing in Vernacular Chinese.