Former South China Morning Post Building [1925-c.1971]

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Date closed / demolished
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According to the 1925 PWD Annual Report, the SCMP building was in the course of erection and portion of the building had already been occupied.

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1920s south china morning post on wynham st
c.1925
1926
japanese dentist 1931
1926
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In 1902, Xie Jiantai, a revolutionary who participated in many plots to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, established 南清早报, predecessor of  South China Morning Post with a British man Alfred Cunningham.

Xie, as the editor, used the paper to spread revolutionary propaganda.

https://new.gwulo.com/node/56861#17~22.28119~114.15565~Map_by_GovHK-Mar…

https://news.sina.cn/sa/2011-10-14/detail-ikftpnny5145928.d.html

Following is a photo of  South China Morning Post on Wynham street in the 1920s.

1920s south china morning post on wynham st, by simtang