Most Kwai Chung
Native name | 毛記葵涌有限公司 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| SEHK: 1716 | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2013 |
Area served | Hong Kong |
| Brands | Blackpaper 100Most TVMost |
Number of employees | 29 (2015) |
| Website | www.mostkwaichung.com |
Most Kwai Chung Limited (Chinese: 毛記葵涌有限公司) is a magazine and online media company based in Hong Kong. The company is well-known for owning and running popular satirical magazine 100Most and online media platform TVMost.[1]
Background
The company and the "Most" brand is founded by Roy Tsui, when he launched 100Most in 2013. The Chinese name of the brand, “Most” and “Mou Gei” (Chinese: 毛記) is a parody of Hong Kong television station TVB and its Cantonese name “Mou Sin” (Chinese: 無綫).[2]
The naming of the company trading name with the term "Kwai Chung", which is a district in Hong Kong, is because their headquarters is located in the Kwai Chung district, and that no other listed companies has added a New Territories area name into their trading name.[3]
History
The genesis of what would ultimately become Most Kwai Chung Limited was "Blackpaper Limited", formed in 2009 by song lyricist Tsui Ka-Ho (徐家豪) (pen name Lam Yat-hei (林日曦), Iu Kar-ho (姚家豪) (pen name "Ah Bu" (阿Bu)), and Luk Ka-chun (陸家俊) (pen name "Chan Keung" (陳強 (主持人)).
Its founding publication, "Black Paper" (黑紙), was originally a monthly issue consisting of a single-interview article crammed into an A5-size postcard and originally sold for HK$1 each. From that, "Black Paper" expanded into more regular short video interviews or topics from 2012 until the end of 2016. They were targeted at the young adult audience and known for being brief, punchy and to the point.
From these origins, and from the same creators, came numerous sister publications - all of which proved popular with the same young demographics.
- Its video platform "TVMost", its most successful venture, was established in 2015 to harness the rapidly growing power of internet video publication, streaming and social media with sarcastic videos of a very Hong Kong flavour, sometimes even imitating TVB’s shows;[5].
- "White Paper", under which books on various youth-oriented topics were published from 2013 until 2021 under "Whitepaper Publishing Limited".
Company growth continued to the point when "Most Kwai Chung Limited" was founded in 2017 and which, on 26 July 2017, submitted its application for a listing in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Initlally turned down in January 2018,[6][7] the company resubmitted its application on 29 January 2018 and proved successful, followed by its initial public offering (IPO) plans in March 2018. It became a listed trading company in Hong Kong with the ticker SEHK: 1716,[8] majority-owned by "Blackpaper Limited".
The first day of its IPO records retail offer oversubscribed 6,288 times, raising HK$81 million and breaking Hong Kong's IPO record which was formerly held by the 2014 offering of Magnum Entertainment (now AUX International Holdings, SEHK: 2080) with the record of being oversubscribed 3,558 times.[9][10]
On 5 March 2026, "Blackpaper Limited" reached an agreement with "Brave Steed Legacy Limited", owned by mainland Chinese entrepreneur Ma Liyang (馬黎陽), in which two of its founders, Iu ("Ah Bu") and Luk ("Chan Keung"), would sell their 65% majority-stake in "Most Kwai Chung Limited" to "Brave Steed Legacy Limited" for HK$122 million. The transaction was announced to the media on 11 March 2026.[11]
Products and subsidiaries
Most Kwai Chung is currently the parent company of the following brands and companies:[12]
- Blackpaper
- 100Most
- TVMost
- Whitepaper Publishing
- French Rotational Production Limited
- Number Eighteen Limited (formerly known as Most Records Limited)
- General manager Management Limited
References
- ^ "Shares in a Hong Kong magazine publisher surged almost 900% on their first day of trading". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "What's behind the success of satirical media in Hong Kong? | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Most Kwai Chung set to be the best HK IPO". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "100Most - a satirical weekly that's a hit with Hong Kong's Occupy generation". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "What's behind the success of satirical media in Hong Kong? | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Satirical media outlet 100Most seeks listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Upstart TVMost applies for listing on Hong Kong exchange". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Hong Kong's most pursued IPO stock soars tenfold on debut". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Hong Kong's most pursued IPO stock soars tenfold on debut". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ Reuters Editorial. "UPDATE 1-HK media firm Most Kwai Chung soars on debut; IPO tops..." U.S. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "毛記葵涌易手 陳強及阿Bu悉售65%股權予馬黎陽 作價1.2億元". HK01 (in Chinese). 2026-03-11. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ^ "Most Kwai Chung Limited - Share Offer" (PDF). Most Kwai Chung Limited. Retrieved 2 April 2018.