am 730

Since Metro published a few years ago, free-of-charge newspapers furnish in Hong Kong. There are 3 (or 4?) free newspapers available now, 2 of which are available both inside and outside the railway systems. I like their concise style of news writing.

Among them, am 730 is my favorite. It is sort of liberal and dare to tell the negative, akin to Apple Daily but less exaggerating. At University station, both am 730 and Hongkong Headline (頭條日報), a pro-government free newspaper, sit next to each other. The stands holding am 730 are always emptied first.

The coming-along of free-of-charge newspapers is probably one of the good facets of Capitalism at its best: the capitalists are more than willing to fund public services (through placing advertisement in this case).

The individuality of am 730, I believe, is upheld by its strong owner Sze Wing-ching (施永青). If you are outside Hong Kong and do not subscribe Apple Daily (蘋果日報), but want to read news of Hong Kong written critically, check it out: www.am730.com.hk. The online version has a very intuitive interface: it works like flipping real newspaper pages.