Posted by
andyny
17 yrs ago
I'm the publisher of Healthy Times Newspaper Hong Kong and now that I've been getting it out and around Hong Kong over the past few days, I want to get some comments from people who have read it such as has it been easy to find/see? What do you think of the content?
Even though it's impossible to make everyone happy, it's really important to me and the success of my paper to hear any comments my fellow expats as well as HongKongers may have about it.
I've noticed over the past few years living in HK that there just is no publication out here that focuses on health and has detailed and local info in it..furthermore, to be free and in English, forget it. So, Healthy Times was born!
This is a franchise from the states and it's very popular where it's distributed there so I really want the same to be said for HK.
Your comments would be much appreciated!
Thanks, Andrew
(I am based in Hong Kong)
Please support our advertisers:
haven't seen it around. where are your distribution places ?
Please support our advertisers:
It can be found at numerous locations throughout HK. Much the same types of places as HK mag or the List. Areas include..Sai Kung, Clearwater Bay/Hang Hau(All Taste locations as well as Great Foodhall in Admiralty) SoHo, Central, Wanchai, Stanley Market, DB and Lamma. Also, Mong Kok Myoga, Main Street Cafe, Mesimis in Langham. Also, 360, Pret A Manger and MIX locations.
I'm doing my best to keep up with the stock at all locations. Most places where the paper is visible, they are going quickly. Please let me know what area is most convenient to you and I'll let you know where you can find it.
Please support our advertisers:
4G
17 yrs ago
How about at HKCC ,thanks
Please support our advertisers:
I get it when I go to TC Deli at Hang Hau, that is the only place I have seen it. I really enjoy it, but I live in Kowloon Tong and have never seen it.
What about Pacific Coffee at Festival Walk? There are heaps of expats there because of the aussie school and others I daresay.
I would be very happy to see if around my local area.
Please support our advertisers:
I get it when I go to TC Deli at Hang Hau, that is the only place I have seen it. I really enjoy it, but I live in Kowloon Tong and have never seen it.
What about Pacific Coffee at Festival Walk? There are heaps of expats there because of the aussie school and others I daresay.
I would be very happy to see if around my local area.
Please support our advertisers:
Hey there, thanks for the support of HealthyTimes!! Go to Taste in Kowloon Tong. They're distributing them for me at the checkout counters. I'm currently working with Pac coffee but it's not easy! You'd be surprised at how some places are when it comes to things like this. For example, Taste and Great and some ParkNShops have been more than inviting while places like Pac coffee and very difficult and Starbucks won't even raise an eyebrow for me. Maybe some of you guys can help me by requesting these places to distribute my paper but if it's just me alone, it's almost impossible.
Thanks again for the support. Again, at the moment, Taste is it for Kln Tong.
Please support our advertisers:
Great news, I will keep my eye out and grab it!
Please support our advertisers:
ltxhk
17 yrs ago
You should try the leisure and sports clubs. They all have sport/ club shops and some offer health services, and so your topic is very relevant.
Please support our advertisers:
You may like to distribute some copies to international schools, most students of which are coming from health conscious families.
Please support our advertisers:
Those are some good ideas for distribution..I've already been in touch with a place out in Tai Po called Hong Lok Yuen. It's a club where all the residents go and they have a gym and restaurant, etc. They should have just recieved a copy so I should hear something soon. Any other names you are aware of?
As far as international schools or any schools...I think my paper is mostly for an older group of people. I'm just not too sure how it will be for putting them in that type of environment. Also, I'm just one guy working with the help of my wife and her mom. We're doing a really good job at getting the papers all over HK. Even out in Tung Chung and the airport. I try my best to get it at as many places as possible but I don't think I'll be able to cover everywhere. That's why I've got to focus on the main, high traffic places. Fingers crossed, I'll get Oliver's Supersandwiches and Pacific Coffee soon!
Please support our advertisers:
I have not seen your paper before. The reason for me to suggest distributing some copies of your papers in international schools is based on the assumption that the expat management and teaching staff might easily understand your concept/idea and welcome your paper. You may try Renaissance College operated by ESF in Ma On Shan, where my daughter is schooling. The management there seems very open-minded to me. As a parent, I would be very glad if my daughter could occasionally if not regularly bring me a copy and discuss with me on one or two articles from it. Just an idea for you, may or may not work. Good luck.
Please support our advertisers:
Now that you have explained it a bit more, it's something that I could totally go for. Especially since I'm in the Sai Kung Country Park and I do sometimes go out to Sha Tin, Tai Po and therefore need to pass Ma On Shan. Just today, I had to go to Crown Relocations to drop off 200 copies so they can put in their welcome packs and they're located in Siu Lek Yuen.
Thanks for the info and I'll try to contact them tomorrow.
Please support our advertisers:
Hi is it possible to put yr paper on the internet for easier access?
Please support our advertisers:
Hi Mighty,
That's a good question and I asked my franchisor this before. He would rather avoid doing this because he wants people to go and actually pick up the paper. I can see how putting it on the net would give more exposure but my hands are tied when it comes to stuff like that.
You should be able to find it around town fairly easy by now unless a place runs out of copies which they do but I will fill them back as soon as I can. If you can't, just let me know what area you're in and I'll tell you where the closest place is that carries it.
Please support our advertisers:
I live in Fanling.. u might suggest Hong Lok Yuen but there is not convenient. I read Dxxxxxxxxxr. I know it is completely a different type of paper but it has both hard copies and e-copy and I think they have a high circulation rate. Of course, I can understand that you might not be able to do it that way. Anyway, I wish you all the best and hope to see your paper one day (^-^).
Please support our advertisers:
how about near transport areas like mtr or ferry entrances
Please support our advertisers:
Hey there...Well, I'm sorry to say that Fanling might not be in the loop for a while. Although, I might be putting at a couple places in Tai Po (After 5 bar) two locations. It's just that out there, there isn't much of a market for such a paper. That's why you can't really find HK Mag either. (or at least I never saw any out that way)
MTR entrances, do you mean like the Chinese newspapers do, hand out there. Well, I realize that some MTR locations might be good to do this but I'm not adopting this practice. Ferry Piers..Pier 3 and 6 in Central...Uncle Russ Coffee carries them but they do go through them quickly especially on the weekends. Also, all over DB at the Piazza which is right after getting off the ferry. If you're at the Central ferry piers, try and pick one up.
Please support our advertisers:
I just wanted to post this bit which I'll probably be putting in the next paper about where it will be available. We're putting out the November batch soon so if you haven't been able to locate a copy, keep an eye out at one of the places below:
All Taste Supermarkets
ThreeSixty locations
Great Food Hall in Admiralty
MIX Juice locations
Pret A Manger Shops
Uncle Russ Coffee Shops
Main St Café coffee shops
Langham Place Hotel Spa as well as the Restaurant
Myoga Clubs
Park N Shop Clearwater Bay and Sai Kung
In addition to these main locations as well as our advertisers’ businesses, we’ve picked out restaurants, bars, shops and relevant health related businesses throughout HK to distribute our papers. Areas include Lamma, Discovery Bay, HK Island- Stanley, Sheung Wan, Central/SoHo, Wanchai, Causeway Bay, Quarry Bay/Tai Koo, Kowloon- Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Station (Elements), New Territories- Hang Hau, Clearwater Bay, Sai Kung, Tai Po (including Hong Lok Yuen Country Club), International Supermarket. Crown Relocations also distributes to HK’s new arrivals.
Please support our advertisers:
Hi all,
It's been a while since I've checked in on this thread..to answer past enquiries, we are now also online and you can now also view our full distribution list at www.healthytimesonline.com/hk so you know where to grab a copy. They go quick so it all depends on your timing. Currently, we're distributing 20,000 copies but that's proving to be too little.
As we're beginning to come up onto our first year birthday here in HK, please let me know if you've seen it around and I do hope people have found it useful. Any suggestions are also welcome!
Please support our advertisers:
You must be logged in to be able to reply.
Login now
Copy Link
Facebook
Gmail
Mail