{"product_id":"david-tang-an-apple-a-week-9789625778518","title":"An Apple A Week","description":"Preface reads: I cannot remember exactly how I met Liu Kin-Ming, but I was suddenly having lunch with him and he asked if I would write a regular English column in the Chinese Apple Daily, of which he was editor. I readily agreed. I had always fancied myself as a writer. But I also knew it required discipline and effort. I was right. On the occasional week, I did not want to write anything; or I did not feel inspired to write anything. Nonetheless, I persevered for the best part of 18 months. I have enjoyed the exercise. There was a feeling of satisfaction. It also prepared me for the experience of writing, which I soon learned not to be an easy task. In this anthology, I have included those articles which I hope might sustain a second reading. I have craftily included photographs to reduce possible monotony. And I have had the good fortune of prevailing upon Chris Patten to write a Foreword to this slender collection. So I hope there is enough meat from all this to be passed off as a book. If not, I would be singularly guilty. Needless to say, I am much in debt to Liu Kin-Ming and the Apple Daily and Next Media - partiarly Fanny Lo, Ting Ting Chon and their team on whose off work hours I made many intrusions. I would also thank all my supportive friends and readers at large, who regularly wrote to me with encouraging words - and last, but not least, the last Governor of Hong Kong who might well have committed perjury by penning the Foreword. David Tang Hong Kong 2006..","brand":"Next Publications Limited","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53387121623382,"sku":"9789625778518-V","price":15.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9789625778518_1.jpg?v=1778116887","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/david-tang-an-apple-a-week-9789625778518","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}