The Daily Press ( Chinese : 每日雜報 , also 孖剌報 , 孖剌西報 , and 孖剌沙西報 ) was an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong , published from 1857 for about 80 years. Founded and edited by George M Ryder, it was the first daily newspaper in Hong Kong. In 1858, Yorick Jones Murrow, a tenacious Welshman born in 1817, took over the newspaper and he inaugurated the Chinese-language paper Hongkong Chinese and Foreign News (香港中外新報), published three times per week.Murrow led the paper on fearless attacks on the Colonial administration, leading ultimately to his imprisonment on a charge of libel. He relinquished his role as editor in 1867 but remained its proprietor till his death in 1884.
3-572: It operated in a building at the junction of Wyndham Street and Glenealy , Central District, for some years, but had left no later than 1911, when the building was converted to the Wyndham Hotel. This article related to newspapers in Hong Kong is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Hong Kong company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wyndham Street Wyndham Street
6-719: Is a one-way street in Central , Hong Kong. It is one of the earliest colonial streets, once known as Pedder Hill. It starts at the junction with Hollywood Road and Arbuthnot Road , near the Central Police Station , and heads downhill to terminate at Queen's Road Central , near the Entertainment Building . Lieutenant William Pedder the first lieutenant of the Nemesis was the first harbour master of Hong Kong, and established Pedder Street as
9-438: The centre of Victoria City's commerce in the early colonial days. Pedder had his office built on the rocks above what is now Wyndham Street. For many years, the site on the top was known as Pedder's Hill. In the early 20th century, Wyndham Street was nicknamed "Flower Street" because of the numerous stalls selling flowers. In 1928, the flower stalls were moved to D'Aguilar Street and the "Flower Street" name became attached to
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