▁Metro ▁and ▁Metro ▁Ah ad . ▁ ▁A ▁strateg ic ▁decision ▁was ▁made ▁by ▁N ST P ▁Ber had ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁only ▁one ▁English ▁newspaper , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁New ▁Stra its ▁Times . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁New ▁Stra its ▁Times ▁introduced ▁the ▁publishing ▁of ▁two ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁newspaper ▁– ▁a ▁tab lo id - size ▁daily ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁broad sheet ▁format . ▁This ▁sign alled ▁their ▁intention ▁to ▁go ▁head - on ▁with ▁The ▁Star ▁which ▁printed ▁tab lo id - s ized ▁newsp apers . ▁The ▁senior ▁rep or ters ▁from ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁Mail ▁were ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁Stra its ▁Times ▁and ▁the ▁nation wide ▁circul ation ▁of ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁Mail ▁was ▁reduced ▁and ▁limited ▁to ▁the ▁K lang ▁Valley . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁stages ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁plans ▁were ▁un ve iled ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁paper ▁and ▁offered ▁volunt ary ▁separation ▁scheme ▁to ▁senior ▁writers ▁and ▁journal ists ▁of ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁Mail . ▁Its ▁former ▁week end ▁edition , ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Mail , ▁published ▁its ▁last ▁edition ▁on ▁ 8 ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁After ▁some ▁experiments ▁that ▁went ▁aw ry ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁N ST P ▁decided ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁paper ▁to ▁Media ▁Prima ▁Ber had . ▁ ▁The ▁newspaper ' s ▁circul ation ▁sl id ▁from ▁its ▁peak ▁of ▁over ▁