[HK – February 3] The SCMP Group is pleased to announce that Mr Mark Clifford will be appointed Editor-in-Chief of the South China Morning Post with effect from April. Mr Clifford has been Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Standard since January 2004. Previously he was Asia Regional Editor at BusinessWeek, where he worked from 1995 to 2003. He started his career in Asia at the Far Eastern Economic Review in Seoul in 1987; having held a number of posts with the magazine, including Business Editor, before leaving in 1995.

Mr David Armstrong, who became Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Bangkok Post since May 1 2005, will step down as Director, Editorial of the South China Morning Post with effect March 1, to focus his time on the Bangkok Post. The SCMP Group wishes to express its deep appreciation to Mr Armstrong for his contributions during his time with the South China Morning Post from 1993 to 1996, and more recently from 2003. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours at the Bangkok Post.

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[HK – January 13] Last night, the South China Morning Post and Harper’s Bazaar co-hosted the SCMP/Harper’s Bazaar StyleAwards Gala Presentation to announce the 13 winners of the awards.

Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan city that stands at the pinnacle of style. Its spirit is vibrant, innovative, adaptive and entrepreneurial; and with this spirit the people of Hong Kong help define the style of the city and make it the true world-class metropolis it is today. Like other world-class cities, Hong Kong thrives on diversity – from cuisines to fashion to interior design and within each category the Hong Kong style carries a different dimension.

The SCMP/Harper’s Bazaar StyleAwards 2006 were created to recognise the intangible yet critical areas of this style. These areas are translated into 13 competing categories: Fashion Photographer, Fashion Designer, Model, Cover Girl, Airline Lounge, Restaurant, Night Spot, Food Retailer, Spa, Residential Development, Car and Gadget and StyleMaker of the Year. The StyleMaker award is presented to the individual who successfully personifies this unique Hong Kong style through his or her vision, contributions and innovations. And this year, the StyleMaker award went to Stephen Chow, the comedy king in Hong Kong cinema and now an internationally renowned filmmaker.

The editors of the South China Morning Post and Harper’s Bazaar identified individuals and brands that have the confidence and courage to create and inspire. A subsequent public polling was conducted via scmp.com and Harper’s Bazaar to determine the winners, and in order to ensure the integrity of the polling, PricewaterhouseCoopers was hired as an external auditor.

On the evening of January 12, a gala event was held at the Island Shangri-la Ballroom to honor the winners. Every detail was meticulously planned to ensure the evening lives up to the Awards’ vision. As part of the evening’s highlights, a chef was flown in from Arzak, a three Michelin-star restaurant in Spain, to create a truly unique culinary experience for the 300 attending guests. SCMP/Harper’s Bazaar StyleAwards 2006 brings a new dimension to style in Hong Kong.

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Attached winner list of 13 categories.

The above information is provided on behalf of South China Morning Post and Harper’s Bazaar. For more information, please contact:

Mimi Chun (Art de Vivre- Media and Public Relations) Tel: 2234 9150 Fax: 2234 9008 Email: [email protected]

Selene Luk (Art de Vivre- Media and Public Relations) Tel: 2234 9081 Fax: 2234 9008 Email: [email protected]

Winner List:

StyleMaker of the Year
Stephen Chow

Cover Girl of the Year
Michele Reis

Fashion Model of the Year
Qi Qi

Fashion Designer of the Year
Vivienne Tam

Fashion Photographer of the Year
Wing Shya

Restaurant of the Year
OPIA

Club of the Year
Dragon-i

Food Retailer of the Year
City’super

Spa of the Year
Plateau Spa

Gadget of the Year
Apple iPod nano

Car of the Year
Mini Cooper S Convertible

Airline Lounge of the Year
The Wing/The Pier – Cathay Pacific

Residential Development of the Year
Highcliff

*Scope of work of PricewaterhouseCoopers
The results were subject to scrutiny by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Certified Public Accountants, whose work was limited to certain procedures requested by the Company to agree the results summary prepared by the Company to voting forms collected and provided by the Company to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The work performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in this respect did not constitute an assurance engagement in accordance with Hong Kong Standards on Auditing, Hong Kong Standards on Review Engagements or Hong Kong Standards on Assurance Engagements issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants nor did it include provision of any assurance or advice on matters of legal interpretation or entitlement to vote.

Hong Kong, 21, November 2007 — SCMP Group today announced that Nancy Valiente has resigned from her roles as Managing Director, South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd and Chief Financial Officer for SCMP Group. Her last day will be 29, February 2008.

"Ms. Valiente has expressed her desire to take a sabbatical to spend more time in traveling and volunteer activities after almost eight rewarding years with the Group," said Kuok Khoon Ean, Chairman of SCMP Group. "We respect her decision and wish to express our gratitude to her for the contribution she has made during her tenure at SCMP."

Since joining the Group in April 2000, Ms. Valiente has contributed greatly to the strong business performance of the Group. As Managing Director, she has led many business initiatives and played a key role in building a strong management team and developing strong relationships with clients and business partners. As Chief Financial Officer, she worked closely with the Board to restructure the Group to focus on its core business as well as to improve corporate governance and accountability.

"The improvements that Nancy has made to the Company are valuable. We have much to thank her for and we wish her all the best in the future." said Kuok Khoon Ean.

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About SCMP Group Limited

SCMP Group Limited (SEHK: 583) is a leading newspaper and magazine publishers in Asia. Its flagship publication, South China Morning Post, is the leading English language newspaper in Hong Kong and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. Other publication titles of the Group include the Sunday Morning Post, the Chinese editions of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, CosmoGirl! and Automobile magazines.

For media enquiries, please contact: Irene Ho Marketing and Communications Tel: (852) 2250 3116 Fax: (852) 2565 2429 Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong, 2, November 2007 — The scmp.com’s first-ever viral video marketing campaign received four awards including Best Viral Marketing (Gold), Best English Copy (Craft), Best Podcast / Vidcast (Bronze) and the overall Best of Show yesterday at the 2007 Interactive and Direct Awards ceremony.

To promote the re-launch of scmp.com, a viral video marketing campaign consisting two creative videos were launched in July and August respectively. The first video, "Bush’s Source Revealed", depicts a bewildered President George W. Bush alongside China President Hu Jintao at a White House press conference. The second video, "Who’s Hu in China", involves a play on the Abbott and Costello "Who’s on first" comedy routine with Hu Jintao and China Premier Wen Jiabao as the protagonists. Carrying the tagline "SCMP.com makes China make sense", the videos rapidly spread across multiple video-sharing and social networking sites since its launch.

Being the overall champion of over 200 outstanding works from China and Hong Kong, scmp.com Assistant Director David Savelson said, "We needed an innovative marketing campaign to build awareness and to attract more subscribers. OgilvyOne Worldwide has delivered exactly what we wanted. We are very encouraged to receive this great honour."

Organised by the HK4As since 2004, the Interactive & Direct Awards gives recognition to creative and execution excellence in this genre of marketing activities. Entries are judged by a panel of local and international professionals from the advertising industry based on the creative ideas, designs, user experiences and executions of the campaigns.

The winning videos are available at:
www.scmp.com/bushisms
www.scmp.com/who

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About South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post is Hong Kong’s premier English language newspaper and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. First published in 1903, the newspaper has developed an enviable reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong, China and the rest of Asia. Its online platform, scmp.com, reaches a global audience of China watchers with daily breaking news, multimedia articles and interactive forums. Striving to maintain the highest standards among the world’s quality newspapers, the South China Morning Post receives constant international recognition. It received 39 awards in 2006 for excellence in editorial, marketing and technical capability.

For media enquiries, please contact: Irene Ho Marketing and Communications Tel: (852) 2250 3116 Fax: (852) 2565 2429 Email: [email protected]

Highlights

• Turnover: HK$632.9 million
• Operating profit: HK$217.9 million
• Profit attributable to shareholders: HK$175.0 million
• Earnings per share (HK cents): 11.2
• Dividend (HK cents): 8.0

Hong Kong, 13, September 2007 — SCMP Group Limited (SEHK: 583) ("the Group") reported a 19% growth in profit attributable to shareholders to HK$175.0 million for the first six months ended June 30, 2007. Turnover rose 9% to HK$632.9 million.

The Board of Directors declared an interim dividend of 8 HK cents per share.

Operating costs before depreciation and amortisation increased 4% or HK$16.7 million. The average cost of newsprint rose 5% from US$604 to US$635 per metric ton. Staff costs increased 6% while rental and utilities expenses rose 27% largely due to higher rental of office premises.

Business Performance

The Group’s interim results were boosted by a 31% growth in notices advertising and a 7% growth in display advertising sales. Recruitment advertising revenue increased by 4.5%. The unaudited circulation of South China Morning Post and Sunday Morning Post rose to 105,000 and 80,600, respectively.

Classifiedpost.com underwent a complete revamp to provide a more user-friendly interface and more advanced functionalities to job seekers and advertisers. With the launch of the new site in April 2007, page views rose 10% year-on-year.

Scmp.com was also revamped, enabling greater integration between the paper and the website and boosting its content with more multimedia, personalisation, mobile WAP access and interactive functions. The website was re-launched in May and had approximately 18,300 subscribers as of end-June.

The Magazine Division reported a 68% increase in net profit mainly from the strong performance of Cosmopolitan and Harper’s Bazaar. Reflecting the strong momentum of consumer spending, the Hearst’s titles showed impressive growth in advertising revenue. Nevertheless, competition is keen and the higher cost of maintaining circulation and slower growth rate in advertising revenue will create pressure on profitability.

Outlook

First half results have been encouraging, given the strong economy and active investment market. Unemployment rate in the second quarter of 2007 was at its lowest level in the past nine years. Management is positive that these favorable economic conditions will continue in the second half of the year.

Print’s recruitment revenue is expected to be maintained, despite the shifting trend towards online recruitment, however, notices revenue will be affected by the change in Hong Kong listing rules in the second half year.

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About SCMP Group Limited

SCMP Group Limited (SEHK: 583) is a leading newspaper and magazine publishers in Asia. Its flagship publication, South China Morning Post, is the leading English language newspaper in Hong Kong and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. Other publication titles of the Group include the Sunday Morning Post, the Chinese editions of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, CosmoGirl! and Automobile magazines.

For media enquiries, please contact: Irene Ho Marketing and Communications Tel: (852) 2250 3116 Fax: (852) 2565 2429 Email: [email protected]

For Investor enquiry, please contact: Perry Wu Investor Relations Tel: (852) 2565 2380 Fax: (852) 2838 7525 Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong, 20, July 2007 — The recently re-launched scmp.com won the Best Media Site Award in the Asia Interactive Awards 2007.

The winning scmp.com offers richer content in the form of multimedia, personalisation, mobile WAP access, and interactive functions, among its new features. The enhanced functionality of the site gives China watchers around the world better access to the latest information and analysis on China.

Being the first and only media site to receive top recognition in the Asia Interactive Awards, scmp.com publisher Chris Axberg said, "Our team have invested a great deal of time and effort in revamping our site to provide our readers with a more interactive and user-friendly online platform, and more integration between South China Morning Post and scmp.com. We are very encouraged to receive this great endorsement for the exceptional work of our colleagues."

Judged by a panel comprising of distinguished professionals from the region, the Asia Interactive Awards is organised by AdAsia Magazine, the region’s leading advertising and marketing industry publication. Started since 2006, the Asia Interactive Awards plays a major role in promoting the use of new technology in advertising, promotion, brand building and consumer relationships.

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About South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post is Hong Kong’s premier English language newspaper and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. First published in 1903, the newspaper has developed an enviable reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong, China and the rest of Asia. Its online platform, scmp.com, reaches a global audience of China watchers with daily breaking news, multimedia articles and interactive forums. Striving to maintain the highest standards among the world’s quality newspapers, the South China Morning Post receives constant international recognition. It received 39 awards in 2006 for excellence in editorial, marketing and technical capability.

For media enquiries, please contact: Irene Ho Marketing & Communications Tel: (852) 2250 3116 Fax: (852) 2565 2429 Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong, 30, May 2007 — SCMP announced today the re-launch of scmp.com.

The new scmp.com offers richer content in the form of multimedia, personalisation, mobile WAP access, and interactive functions, among its new features. More importantly, the revamp enables greater integration between South China Morning Post and scmp.com.

Spurred by the success of SCMP Today, a daily podcast of the day’s top story, scmp.com will offer more podcasts and vidcasts. Personalisation through "myscmp" will allow users to choose content most relevant to them and receive timely updates through RSS service. The mobile WAP service allows subscribers to stay connected anytime, anywhere through their mobile phones.

Another key feature is the SCMPIR, an investor relations platform which will host company profiles, trading information, announcements, press releases and event calendars of companies listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchange. Access to this section is free through www.SCMPIR.com or the Business section of the site.

"Nowadays communication and transparency are key to establishing a solid reputation in the capital markets with global standards of corporate governance," said Grace Fung, Director of Classified Advertising. "Investors at home and abroad require more information than ever before to make investment decisions. Through SCMPIR, listed companies can enhance their investor relations programs. Besides company profile, stock trading information, results and other announcements, SCMPIR offers listed companies and investors something no other IR site does – related news and analysis written by SCMP’s award-winning business writers from SCMP’s archives."

Commenting on the benefits of the new site, scmp.com publisher Chris Axberg said, "With the revamp of scmp.com, local readers will be able to access our news through multiple digital platforms, as well as experience multimedia content that complements the content in our newspaper. The enhanced functionality of the site will also give China watchers around the world better access to the latest information and analysis on China.

As part of the launch, scmp.com will offer a 7-day free trial, including access to archived articles. An annual subscription costs HK$399 and offers subscribers unlimited access to SCMP’s archived articles.

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About South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post is Hong Kong’s premier English language newspaper and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. First published in 1903, the newspaper has developed an enviable reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong, China and the rest of Asia. Its online platform, scmp.com, reaches a global audience of China watchers with daily breaking news, multimedia articles and interactive forums. Striving to maintain the highest standards among the world’s quality newspapers, the South China Morning Post receives constant international recognition. It received 39 awards in 2006 for excellence in editorial, marketing and technical capability.

For media enquiries, please contact: Irene Ho Marketing & Communications Tel: (852) 2250 3116 Fax: (852) 2565 2429 Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong, 12 April 2007 — Classifiedpost.com, one of Hong Kong’s most popular and effective recruitment websites, unveiled its new face today. Beyond its more user-friendly interface, the new classifiedpost.com offers many advanced recruitment functionalities.

A key feature of the upgrade is the Applicant Management System (AMS), a comprehensive e-hiring solution that enables companies to personalise the various hiring functions to meet their needs. With the new system, users can pre-define the candidate selection criteria when posting their jobs real-time, keep track of the hiring stages for each candidate and set up email templates to speed up the recruitment process. The enhanced platform also gives companies the flexibility of registering multiple-users.

"Our aim is to provide a more interactive recruitment platform to the market," said Grace Fung, Director of Classified Advertising. "Companies can now manage their e-hiring process from job posting to job offer and gain a full picture of the responsiveness to their recruitment effort. In short, it means more effective recruitment and better return on investment."

The new classifiedpost.com also promises better user experience for job seekers with improved navigation, enhanced privacy protection and timely updates of the latest job openings through RSS (Real Simple Syndication) service. But Fung stressed that the site offers more value than digital advancement, "The uniqueness of classifiedpost.com remains its strong editorial content. We will keep leveraging the core strength of our print product to provide relevant information to job seekers, who can now browse related industry news during their job search, and continue to enjoy free access to many useful job-seeking tips and career advice provided by industry experts and career consultants."

As one of the city’s most popular recruitment websites, classifiedpost.com has over 270,000 members and more than 10 million page views per month. Fung is confident that the revamp will help to boost traffic and registration, attract more quality candidates, and further strengthen classifiedpost.com’s position as the definitive e-recruitment platform in the market.

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For more information, please go to http://www.classifiedpost.com

About SCMP Group Limited

SCMP Group Limited (SEHK: 583) is a leading newspaper and magazine publisher in Asia. Its flagship publication, South China Morning Post, is the leading English language newspaper in Hong Kong and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. Other publication titles of the group include the Sunday Morning Post, the Chinese editions of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, CosmoGirl! Maxim and Automobile magazines.

For media enquiries, please contact: Irene Ho Marketing & Communications Tel: (852) 2250 3116 Fax: (852) 2565 2429 Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong, March 29, 2007 — The South China Morning Post received three prizes yesterday at the 6th Asia Media Awards ceremony held in Manila. The highly-prestigious competition was organized by IFRA Asia to promote the highest standards of publishing and creativity in the industry. SCMP was honoured with the Bronze Award in the Best in Newspaper Design category (circulation over 100,000 copies), and two prizes in the Best in Photojournalism category, including the Silver Award in Feature Photography and the Bronze Award in News Photography.

Amanda Turnbull, Marketing Director of SCMP, was delighted about these new additions to the string of 15 industry accolades that the paper has received since the beginning of the month.

"From reporting and photography to design and advertising, we are proud to rank among the world’s best-known quality newspapers. This time, we are particularly encouraged that the judges selected the design of South China Morning Post and Sunday Morning Post against some stiff competition. This is definitely a great endorsement for the exceptional work of our production teams who continuously seek ways to provide our readers with a more visual and user-friendly platform," said Turnbull

The other industry accolades that SCMP received in March 2007 include seven prizes at the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association Awards, seven prizes at the 11th Annual Human Rights Press Awards, and a first prize at the PANPA Newspaper Advertising Awards, recognizing the effective use of colour of the ‘Boost Your Career’ campaign in Classified Post.

While celebrating these remarkable results, Turnbull stressed that the teams in SCMP would not be complacent, "The paper will keep evolving with the focus to produce the best possible reading experience; these awards simply reinforce our ongoing commitment to deliver high-quality content."

Please go to http://www.scmpgroup.com/about/awards.html for more details about the awards

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About SCMP Group Limited

SCMP Group Limited (SEHK: 583) is a leading newspaper and magazine publisher in Asia. Its flagship publication, South China Morning Post, is the leading English language newspaper in Hong Kong and has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. Other publication titles of the group include the Sunday Morning Post, the Chinese editions of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, CosmoGirl! Maxim and Automobile magazines.

For more information contact Amanda Turnbull, Director, Marketing and Communication on 2250-3130 or email [email protected]

For media enquiries, please contact: Irene Ho Marketing & Communications Tel: (852) 2250 3116 Fax: (852) 2565 2429 Email: [email protected]

Hong Kong, March 26, 2007 — South China Morning Post today unveiled a new look with the aim of making the newspaper more engaging and enjoyable for readers with a cleaner and clearer approach. The revamp covered everything from typeface and layout to graphics and photography to ensure that readers can get the information they want more quickly and easily.

Commenting on these developments, Amanda Turnbull, SCMP’s Director of Marketing and Communications said, "We have tried to create a paper that reflects our readers’ changing lifestyle: less time to devote to reading, more need for easy processing of information and a growing desire for interactive and engaging presentation." The paper attempted to address these needs by creating more explicit headlines and picture captions, enhancing the infographics to better show facts and figures within a story and adopting a new set of colour tones to give each section of the paper a distinct personality.

The redesign is part of SCMP’s continuous effort to give readers more choices in acquiring information from the company’s news platforms. "Whether it’s through our newspaper, our website, scmp.com or our other digital offerings – podcasts, vidcasts, RSS or simply SMS headlines to mobile phones – we’re committed to reaching out to readers with more access points to our content and many more ways for them to get involved," said Turnbull.

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About South China Morning Post Publishers Limited

The company publishes the South China Morning Post and the Sunday Morning Post, Asia’s premier English language daily and Sunday newspaper with the highest circulation of any English language newspapers in Hong Kong. South China Morning Post Publishers Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCMP Group Limited, which is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

For more information contact Amanda Turnbull, Director, Marketing and Communication on 2250-3130 or email [email protected]