The publication has been a catalyst for greater activity among writers in Hong Kong. Dim Sum participants present readings and try to organize the writing community through expanded networking. What's more, Dim Sum has drawn the attention of Miramax, the film company behind Shakespeare in Love. Its director of acquisitions for Asia has approached Dim Sum to look for sources of suitable material. All involved in the magazine share a lively enthusiasm.
Asian writers fall in love with the language before they begin to use it for expressive ends.
And as long as it dominates the Internet and the info-tainment market, there will be publishers for the work of Anglophone Asian writers. Fellow board member and author Sussy Komala feels even more strongly about writing in English. I can't really write well in Chinese. Much of the pop, legal and technological jargon in use today were coined in English, she points out. The language grew in different ways to adapt to the times, and literature benefited.