The merger brought together the flagship newspapers in the different languages under one roof. Today we have a rich heritage of more than 16 0 years for The Straits Times and 85 years for Lianhe Zaobao, in addition to over 50 years for Berita Harian and more than 70 years for Tamil Murasu.
In October 1988, Times Publishing Berhad de-merged from the Group. Following the demerger, the Group continued to operate as three fairly autonomous subsidiary companies, the third being Singapore Newspaper Services Pte Ltd, which handles the printing and distribution of the Group’s newspapers and magazines.
Since then, SPH has strived to be South East Asia's Leading Media Organisation, Engaging Minds and Enriching Lives across Multiple Languages and Platforms. Some of its milestones include:
1984 – Merger of Chinese and English newspaper groups
1988 – The New Paper, an afternoon newspaper, goes on sale
1995 – Launch of Asiaone and online newspaper products
1995 – The Straits Times marks its 150th anniversary
1995 – SPH takes over Tamil Murasu
1997 – SPH buys Paragon at Orchard Road
2003 – Lianhe Zaobao celebrates its 80th birthday
2003 – Times Perodicals is renamed SPH Magazines
2005 – SPH ventures into outdoor advertising with SPH MediaBoxOffice
2006 – ST701, online CATS Classified, goes live
2006 – SPH launches my paper, Singapore's first free bilingual newspaper
2007 – SPH introduces Sky@eleven, its first property development
2008 – Launch of rednano.sg, Singapore's first search and directory engine
2008 – ST Razor TV, SPH’s Internet TV, goes live
2008 – tabla!, a weekly paper for the Indian diaspora, is published
2008 – SPHERE, SPH's events arm, debuts with Food Safari show
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd was formed on 4 August 1984 through a merger of three organisations -