Sing Pao has dropped the column of veteran China-watcher Johnny Lau Yui-siu, a month after the newspaper admitted twisting a commentary by Lau to imply that he supported Leung Chun-ying in the chief executive race.
The newspaper told Lau on Thursday his column would be suspended immediately because of changes in the paper's design and content.
But according to the Hong Kong Journalists Association, only Lau's column has been removed as a result of the changes.
Lau said he respected the decision and was neither disappointed nor had any regrets.
He said he hoped the media and the public would guard against threats to freedom of expression and the press.
His column last month - intended as a rejection of eventual winner Leung and former chief secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen - ran under the headline: 'Out of the two, [I] would rather choose Leung Chun-ying'. The move prompted a public outcry and forced the publication of a front-page apology by chief editor Ngai Kai-kwong.