The "Hong Kong Economic Journal" was founded by (), commonly known by his pen name Lam Hang-chi (), who first worked as a data collector for "Ming Pao" during the 1960s and later as an assistant editor for the evening version of "Ming Pao"—and Law Chi-Ping () – who withdrew his shares later. Together they saw the possibility of developing an economic journal for the Hong Kong public in the early 1970s (although some sources have suggested that it was Lok Yau-Mui (), his wife, and not Law Chi-Ping who was the true co-founder) and the newspaper was first published on 3 July 1973.