Sudden Weekly

Sudden Weekly
Sudden Weekly
Traditional Chinese	忽然一週
Simplified Chinese	忽然一周
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hūrán Yī Zhōu
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	fat1 jin4 jat1 zau1

*Sudden Weekly*
Publisher	Next Media
Paid circulation	77,588/week Jul–Dec 2014 avg
First issue	6 August 1995 (1995-08-06)
Final issue	7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)
Based in	Hong Kong
Website	sudden.atnext.com

Sudden Weekly (Chinese: 忽然一週) was a women's magazine published in Hong Kong by Jimmy Lai's Next Media Limited from 1995 until 2015.² The magazine featured articles on celebrities and targeted women.² It ceased publication on 7 August 2015.²³

Scoops

Issue 493 of the magazine (dated 7 January 2005 but delivered to newsstands on the night of 6 January) carried a story that included photographs of Director of the Chief Executive's Office Lam Woon-kwong with a woman outside a hotel in Tokyo and an interview with his wife of nearly 30 years. Lam resigned on the same evening, citing "in view of the media report on my private affairs, I tendered my resignation to the chief executive today".⁴

References

"Annual Report 2014-2015" (PDF). HKEX news (in Chinese). Next Media. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
Eric Cheung (21 July 2015). "A 'harsh winter' for print media? Layoffs as Sudden Weekly to cease publication in August". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
Isaac Cheung (21 July 2015). "HK gossip mag Sudden Weekly to cease publication after 20 years". Hong Kong Coconuts. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
Leung, Ambrose (7 January 2005). "Tung's top aide resigns over Tokyo photos with female friend". South China Morning Post. Alibaba. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

External links

Sudden Weekly

[1] "Annual Report 2014-2015" (PDF). HKEX news (in Chinese). Next Media. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

[ericc-2] Eric Cheung (21 July 2015). "A 'harsh winter' for print media? Layoffs as Sudden Weekly to cease publication in August". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[3] Isaac Cheung (21 July 2015). "HK gossip mag Sudden Weekly to cease publication after 20 years". Hong Kong Coconuts. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[4] Leung, Ambrose (7 January 2005). "Tung's top aide resigns over Tokyo photos with female friend". South China Morning Post. Alibaba. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

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