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The Malaya Tribune

''The Malaya Tribune'' was a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper. First published in 1914, it experienced slow growth during the 1910s and 1920s but rose to become the most widely read English daily in Singapore and Malaya by the mid-1930s. At its peak, the newspaper outperformed the ''The Straits Times'', which was eventually pressured to halve its subscription fees in response.

The newspaper was primarily aimed at the local Asian readership, and most of its board of directors, journalists and sub-editors were of Asian or Eurasian descent. It was established as a rival to ''The Straits Times'', which was regarded at the time as too Eurocentric, conservative and tailored more towards the British. However, the paper suffered significantly during the Japanese occupation, and the rising costs of raw materials and labour in the post-war years contributed to its closure in 1951. Provided by Wikipedia