The Borneo Post, established in 1978, is the largest and widest read English-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia. The newspaper is the first English newspaper in East Malaysia to use photo-composition for type-setting, and printing was done in offset as against the old-fashioned letterpress. The first issue of The Borneo Post was circulated on 24 April 1978. The newspaper is the brainchild of the late Datuk Lau Hui Siong, while its name was given by the late Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew – the former Sibu MP and federal deputy transport minister. The Borneo Post is today headquartered in Crown Towers, Kuching, the paper first began in Sibu. The expansion to Kuching on Oct 28, 1979 and in 1986 to Miri and Sabah, made The Borneo Post, the most widely distributed English newspaper in Borneo. In 2007, the news portal website was launched to capture a larger pool of younger readers. The newspaper has five printing plants located throughout Sarawak and Sabah. As of April 2023, the newspaper is printed daily in Kuching, Sibu, and Miri in Sarawak, and in Sabah, the presses are in Kota Kinabalu and Lahad Datu. More information...
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