Oriental Press is part of Australia’s leading Chinese media group, Oriental Communications. It publishes 2 titles - Asian Voice Weekly and Asian Guide Weekly covering 100% of metropolitan 

Melbourne and Canberra and 2 titles - Oriental Post and Oriental Property Weekly in Perth. Each week, our four weeklies reach more than 250,000 simplified Chinese readers around the nation. With a distribution of over 40,000 copies, the Asian Voice Weekly represents one of the most respected and most recognisable faces of Melbourne Chinese community.  As a remarkable feature to outstanding from other Chinese weekly, specially designed columns like “Opportunity in China”, “New life New Business” , “Way to Australia”, “TV Guide” and “Sports and Entertainments” highlight the business and culture links between Australia and China. Under the same group with the only one Victoria’s Chinese radio - 3CW, the weekly in Melbourne has a unique two-hour program each week to promote itself and directly communicate with readers.  

Relying on the solid supports from media partners and business cooperators in China, Asian Voice Weekly and Asian Guide Weekly is distributed as complimentary on coaches of Grandcity Tour traveling around Melbourne and interstates. Furthermore, it will be available on Southern China Airline and Eastern China Airline. Oriental Communications has the experience and resources to create exceptional products for both readers and advertisers.

As the first and only 24-hour free to air Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin and other Chinese dialects for 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.) radio in Australia, 3CW (1341AM) delivers update news, current affair programs and quality productions of entertainment and pop music to the Chinese community in the State of Victoria and boarder area of South New South Wales, Tasmania and the northern part of South Australia. 

Since the inauguration of the radio service in Melbourne, September 1999, 3CW has established up to 250,000 loyal listeners base with its own audience club. It is not only broadcasting popular programs, but also participating and organizing major cultural events to enrich the culture life of the Chinese speaking community and enable it to be the distinctive part of Australian Multi-Culturalism. 

3CW with its professional radio advertising production team has been recognized by many companies from different industries as one of the most effective media to promote products and services to the 

Chinese-speaking market. The successful relationship with industries has made 3CW a reputable source of product information and ultimately a bridge links business world and the community. 

By understanding the communities expectation and striving to be one of the most outstanding Chinese media outside China, 3CW will not only become a driving force to facilitate the Sino-Australia cultural exchange, but also a tie of friendship between Australian Chinese and Overseas Chinese, and eventually, a brilliant chapter in the history of Australia Multi-Culturalism.

Friday May 8 was the official launch of Chinese Radio  - (C) Radio FM88 in Canberra.  Excitement about the new station drew many to the VIP launch function, which was well attended by the Canberra business, government and diplomatic community.

Speaking at the launch of the new station, Tommy Jiang, Managing Director of the Austar group said: China Radio FM 88 Canberra will play a key role in enhancing friendship and understanding between Australia and China. 50% of the content will be in English, an innovative format that is a first for Australia

Lively Chinese teaching programs will introduce non-Chinese speakers to the basics of the Chinese language, while entertainment and news in Chinese will cater for the local Chinese community, said Jiang.

More than 10,000 Canberrans are of Chinese heritage, with 7000+ speaking a Chinese language in the home (ABS Census, 2006). Canberra is also a busy destination for Chinese politicians and diplomats, and home to a great many Chinese-speaking tertiary students.

As a commercial broadcaster operating 24/7, Chinese Radio Canberra will be an excellent vehicle for advertisers wishing to target Chinese speakers and those interested in China, in the ACT.  Specialist media representative Spots & Space Pty Ltd will represent the station for advertising sales.

Daniel Laforest, General Manager for Spots & Space said: We’ve had a 10-year association with the group, since they first launched 3CW in Melbourne in 1999. The new station joins a growing network of Chinese media operated by Austar Media including:

•       Newspapers: “Asian Voice Weekly” (VIC) and  “Oriental Post” (WA)
•       Chinese Radio Stations: 3CW AM 1341 Melbourne, CRI Perth FM 104.0FM

Austar Media are highly professional operators, and we congratulate Tommy Jiang and his team on the launch of a Chinese radio station in Canberra.

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Reach Chinese Australians on Prime Time television thanks to TVB!

Every night, more than 3 Million Hong Kong residents are glued to the top rating dramas on leading television channel TVBJ. “EU” is a cop show following the fortunes of two new graduates from the police academy, now on the beat in Hong Kong.  Thanks to Chinese Pay TV supplier TVB Australia, the same show is also available to the 250,000 Cantonese speakers living in Australia, in prime time.

According to the 2006 ABS Census, half a million Australians speak Mandarin or Cantonese at home. TVB’s Hong Kong-based parent company has implemented dedicated feeds of the three highest rating channels, solely for the Australian markets.  TVBJ and TVB News are in Cantonese, while TVB8 is the top rating news and entertainment channel in Mandarin.

TVB  Australia has recently appointed ethnic media sales rep Spots & Space as a sales representative for advertising.

Daniel Laforest, General Manager for sales representation company Spots & Space says: Chinese Pay TV offers advertisers a fantastic opportunity to book ads in the Chinese language equivalents of “Grey’s Anatomy” or “Australia’s Got Talent” - in prime time.  And because it’s a dedicated feed, ads are booked and scheduled locally and only seen in Australia, which means no waste for the advertiser.

Come the weekend, Chinese speaking audiences in Australia, enjoy high-rating games shows such as celebrity cooking show “Beautiful Cooking” and “Foodie Two Shoes”.  Both shows are based on cooking contests and are wildly popular.

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MAY, 2009

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