The Hongkong Telegraph

The Hongkong Telegraph (Chinese: 士蔑報; Jyutping: si6 mit6 bou3) was a Hong Kong newspaper founded in 1881.

It was first published as an afternoon daily on 15 June 1881 from offices on Wellington Street.

[1] Fraser-Smith, a former book-keeper with the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, was known for his "fearlessness in expression of his views in print".

For instance, in July 1882, he was convicted by Chief Justice George Phillippo for libel against actor Daniel E. Bandmann, and sentenced to two months imprisonment.

[3] In 1916, The Hongkong Telegraph was brought under the control of the South China Morning Post, Ltd., which also published the South China Morning Post, another English-language Hong Kong newspaper, founded in 1903.