Lat Pau () was one of the earliest Chinese-language newspapers published in Singapore under the Straits Settlements. It was first published in December 1881 by See Ewe Lay () under Lat Pau Press Ltd (). It was published for 52 years, ending in March 1932. It was Singapore's longest-running local-run Chinese newspaper before World War II.Lo-Fen I, Smoking and Patriotism: A Study of the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company’s Advertisements on Lat Pau During the May Fourth Movement Period A Discourse on the Gothic Style in Liao Zhai Zhi Yi (Strange Chinese Stories) , Journal of National Taiwan Normal University, Volume 54, No.2 (Linguistics & Literature).張麗萍, 叻報復刊的《荒島》, Fo Guang UniversityLat Pau , National University of Singapore Library
Lat Pau initially was published in Classical Chinese. In 1925 the newspaper started publishing in Vernacular Chinese. The newspaper's first editor was Yeh Chi Yun.
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