Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings

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Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings
HHET Holdings
Native name
香港經濟日報集團有限公司
Type Public
SEHK:  423
IndustryPublishing
GenreFinancial
Headquarters
Hong Kong
Area served
Hong Kong
Products
  • newspaper
  • magazine
Website www.hketgroup.com

Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited also known as HKET Group, is a Hong Kong publisher. Its main product was Hong Kong Economic Times and its website hket.com. The company also publishes book and magazines.

Contents

Publications

Apart from HKET, other publications under the printed media segment of the group include:

Launched on 27 July 2011.

A mass market IT weekly magazine that focuses on trends in information and communications technology. It features application of PC hardware and software, tablet and smartphones how-to, digital AV products highlights and analysis on corporate IT strategies. e-zone was spun off from HKET for total retail sale in late 2003.

iMoney was a financial weekly launched on 27 October 2007. Its contents focus on wealth management, together with innovative business, marketing gimmicks, workplaces, self-enhancement, etc., covering HK and the Mainland China markets.

Book publishing

Other business segments of HKET Holdings

Apart from Printed Media business segment, HKET Holdings has diversified its business into Financial News Agency, Information and Solutions; Recruitment Advertising and Training; and Lifestyle Portals.

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References

  1. 港媒也瘋台灣美食 近30頁篇幅推捷運信義線美食 [Hong Kong media also crazy Taiwan cuisine nearly 30 pages of space to promote fast food line Xinyi] (in Chinese). ETtoday. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2018.