Kwong Wah Yit Poh

Kwong Wah Yit Poh, Presgrave Street, George Town, Penang (30 July 2012)


Kwong Wah Yit Poh (GPS: 5.41077, 100.33156) is a Chinese-language newspaper based in Penang. Its main bureau is presently located at Presgrave Street, George Town.

Founded in 1910, Kwong Wah Yit Poh is said to be the oldest Chinese-language daily in Malaysia and the oldest surviving Chinese newspaper in the world.

The name Kwong Wah Yit Poh can be translated as "bright Chinese daily news". It traces its roots to a predecessor paper known as Kwong Wah Pao, originally based in Rangoon. It was the mouthpiece of the Tongmenghui, the vehicle of Republicans led by Dr Sun Yat-sen and his followers to overthrow the Qing Dynasty government of Imperial China.

The founding date of Kwong Wah Yit Poh is 20 December, 1910. In the very beginning, it was housed at 120, Armenian Street. Since then, it has had its bureaux at 16, Malay Street as well as at Chulia Street Ghaut. The paper celebrated its centenary in 2010.

Kwong Wah Yit Poh moved into its present premises, Wisma Kwong Wah Yit Poh, on Presgrave Street on 12 June, 1992. Its advertising department occupies an Art Deco-style shophouse across from its head office on Prestrave Street.

Getting there

To reach the Kwong Wah Yit Poh office, you can take Rapid Penang bus 302 or 401 to the bus stop along McNair Street and walk a short distance from there.

Kwong Wah Yit Poh was established by followers of Sun Yat Sen. (20 November 2010)


Kwong Wah Yit Poh Head Office (1 June 2013)


Old Kwong Wah Yit Poh Press (30 June 2013)


Former Kwong Wah Yit Poh bureau (30 June 2013)


Wisma Kwong Wah Yit Poh (1 June 2013)


Kwong Wah Yit Poh Advertising Department (1 June 2013)

Kwong Wah Yit Poh Press is on the map of Presgrave Street

List of Newspaper bureaux in Penang and Newspaper bureaux in Malaysia