To our readers: Apple Daily shall fight on with your support
(中文版本見文末)

Dear readers,

It is a particularly sad day in the 25 years of history of our newspaper. Facing suppression, our founder Jimmy Lai has been remanded in custody until April next year.

We have not let our guard down since the arrest of Mr Lai and members of senior management in August. We continued to cover the news to monitor the government, and we will never give up on embracing freedom and democracy. Apple Daily will stand tall even though Mr Lai will be unable to join us for the time being and we call for your continued support.

“It is of utmost importance that when the wheels of history crush you down, and the whole of your body feels shaken, you refuse to give up to fate and fight on,” said Lai in the foreword of Apple Daily’s 20th anniversary commemoration edition.

As Hongkongers live on, Apple Daily shall do the same. We will not give up, and neither should Hongkongers.

Apple Daily
Dec. 3, 2020

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《蘋果日報》告讀者書

各位讀者：

《蘋果日報》創立25年，今日是令人特別難過的一天，我們的創辦人黎智英先生被政權打壓，將被還柙至明年4月。

自黎先生和一眾管理層被捕3個多月來，《蘋果》仝人一直未有鬆懈，繼續做好新聞，監察政府，擁抱自由民主；在未來黎先生被困獄中無法和我們一起打拼的日子，《蘋果》上下會一直緊守崗位，懇請各位繼續支持。

一如黎先生在《蘋果》20周年特刊序言提到：「當歷史巨輪輾壓到你頭頂上來了，每個毛孔都充滿恐懼時，你仍不認命才重要。」

有香港人就有《蘋果》。我們不會認命，謹與全體香港人共勉。

《蘋果日報》仝人
2020年12月3日
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📍防疫第四招：寫一封英文信

Dear Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,

Have you ever visited Taiwan? It is a small island right next to China that has an area of 35,808 square kilometers with 23.6 million inhabitants. YES. We have our own constitution, our own government and our democratically elected leaders. We are a sovereign state.

And YES. Taiwan is a developed country. Although Taiwan has been excluded and blocked or barred from many international organizations and communities due to China’s interference and suppression, Taiwan still managed to have the best healthcare system and advanced medical technologies among the best in the world.

Do you still remember? In the end of 2019, it was Taiwan that warned WHO and China about possible human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, but Chinese authorities silenced doctors and refused to admit. Then what have you done?

You did not make it public! You tolerated China’s lack of transparency and decided to be their accomplice in making the coronavirus pandemic a global catastrophe.

You deliberately put people’s health at risk, and now the whole world suffers from China’s initial denials, continuous cover-ups and your inability. Unfortunately, COVID-19 had 91,595 deaths by today. How much more to come?

_

No one judges you because of your race or skin color, nor hairstyle nor gender, but your dereliction of duty! And, hey, those judgments and complaints actually come from not only Asia, not just Europe, but all over the world!

You have always treated Taiwan’s absence in WHO with indifference. Like a wicked ally of China. And when this whole coronavirus gone wild, you continued to refuse all the kind warnings and messages from Taiwan. We’re always here, and we’re willing to help.

How dare you accuse Taiwan of these unfounded allegations when you’ve always been the person with power who keeps discriminating and trampling Taiwan and Taiwanese people the whole time?

In Taiwan, we value human rights, liberty and equality. We are always described kind and friendly. Yet facing injustice, on no account must we endure. We strongly oppose your malicious smear and bullying. We demand a public apology from you to Taiwan and Taiwanese people.

#shameonyouTedros
#shameonyouWHO

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彈到屎 / 動詞 介詞 名詞 /

n. 台語念比較傳神

有時候當一個人太邪惡（比如希特勒）或太可惡（比如毛澤東），我們不會有機會歧視他；我們只能無視他，然後想辦法讓自己更強大。

有點孤單，但非常堅強。

但還是難免，彈到屎。

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昨天氣到決定寫一封英文信，結果寫到大半夜可惡。好久沒寫英文作文，好生疏喔天啊😂 我只想做個好國民，但當個好國民有點累🙄

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😎特別說明：據說有些人的FB會自動把我的英文信翻譯成中文，記得把功能關掉才能看到英文原文～

我的中文不可能寫得那麼不流暢好嗎😎

彈到屎 / 動詞 介詞 名詞 /

n. 台語念比較傳神

有時候當一個人太邪惡（比如希特勒）或太可惡（比如毛澤東），我們不會有機會歧視他；我們只能無視他，然後想辦法讓自己更強大。

有點孤單，但非常堅強。

但還是難免，彈到屎。

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昨天氣到決定寫一封信，結果寫到大半夜可惡。寫給誰看我不知道，但就是很想寫。但好久沒寫這種主題的英文作文，好生疏喔媽呀🙄

台灣人平白無故被栽贓實在很怒😷😡

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#shameonyouTedros
#shameonyouWHO

Dear Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,

Have you ever visited Taiwan? It is a small island right next to China that has an area of 35,808 square kilometers with 23.6 million inhabitants. YES. We have our own constitution, our own government and our democratically elected leaders. We are a sovereign state.

And YES. Taiwan is a developed country. Although Taiwan has been excluded and blocked or barred from many international organizations and communities due to China’s interference and suppression, Taiwan still managed to have the best healthcare system and advanced medical technologies among the best in the world.

Do you still remember? In the end of 2019, it was Taiwan that warned WHO and China about possible human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, but Chinese authorities silenced doctors and refused to admit. Then what have you done?

You did not make it public! You tolerated China’s lack of transparency and decided to be their accomplice in making the coronavirus pandemic a global catastrophe.

You deliberately put people’s health at risk, and now the whole world suffers from China’s initial denials, continuous cover-ups and your inability. Unfortunately, COVID-19 had 91,595 deaths by today. How much more to come?

_

No one judges you because of your race or skin color, nor hairstyle nor gender, but your dereliction of duty! And, hey, those judgments and complaints actually come from not only Asia, not just Europe, but all over the world!

You have always treated Taiwan’s absence in WHO with indifference. Like a wicked ally of China. And when this whole coronavirus gone wild, you continued to refuse all the kind warnings and messages from Taiwan. We’re always here, and we’re willing to help.

How dare you accuse Taiwan of these unfounded allegations when you’ve always been the person with power who keeps discriminating and trampling Taiwan and Taiwanese people the whole time?

In Taiwan, we value human rights, liberty and equality. We are always described kind and friendly. Yet facing injustice, on no account must we endure. We strongly oppose your malicious smear and bullying. We demand a public apology from you to Taiwan and Taiwanese people.

#shameonyouTedros
#shameonyouWHO

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😎特別說明：據說有些人的FB會自動把我的英文信翻譯成中文，記得把功能關掉才能看到英文原文～

我的中文不可能寫得那麼不流暢好嗎😎