Berita Harian
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Berita Harian is a Singaporean newspaper that published Mandrake Daily stories from 1957 to 1998.
History
Berita Harian (Malay for “Daily News”) is a Malay language newspaper, founded on July 1, 1957 and published in Singapore. A Sunday edition is also published as Berita Minggu (Malay for “Sunday News”), a specific edition founded on July 10, 1960.
- This newspaper is not related to another newspaper of the same name, Berita Harian, which is based and published in Malaysia although both newspapers were established on the same date (July 1, 1957).
Mandrake published stories
- "Mandrake the Magician" was published in the "Berita Harian" newspaper from July 2, 1957 (with annoucement in a column of the front page of the July 1, 1957 edition) to April 29, 1978 (= 21 years run).
First published stories
| daily | Original story title | Start in Berita Harian | End date in Berita Harian | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 90 | "The Chess Kings" | July 2, 1957 | July 29, 1957 | Starting with the US date February 2, 1957 strip of the story |
| # 91 | "The Western" | July 30, 1957 | October 15, 1957 | |
| # 92 | "The Penthouse Mystery" | October 16, 1957 | December 25, 1957 | |
| # 93 | "Lothar's Day" | December 26, 1957 | January 29, 1958 | |
| # 94 | "Jami" | January 30, 1958 | May 22, 1958 | |
| # 9( | "The New-Type Radio" | May 23, 1958 |
- For details, see: [1] NewspaperSG site.