“I should focus on other important issues like people's livelihoods and the economy.”
As quoted in "Hong Kong leader abandons reforms" at BBC News (12 January 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4607100.stm
Donald Tsang Yam Kuen, GBM, JP war in der Nachfolge Tung Chee-hwas vom 21. Juni 2005 bis zum 30. Juni 2012 der Verwaltungschef der chinesischen Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong. Wikipedia
“I should focus on other important issues like people's livelihoods and the economy.”
As quoted in "Hong Kong leader abandons reforms" at BBC News (12 January 2006) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4607100.stm
As quoted in "Donald Tsang unveils new HKSAR gov't lineup" at Xinhua News (23 June 2007) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/23/content_6281710.htm
As quoted in "HK's Tsang apologises for gaffe" at BBC News (13 October 2007) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7042941.stm
Variant transcription or translation:
If you go to the extreme you have the cultural revolution for instance in China. Then people take everything into their hands, then you cannot govern the place. … It was people taking power into their own hands. This is what we mean by democracy.
As quoted in "Hong Kong leader apologises for democracy gaffe" at AFP (14 October 2007) http://web.archive.org/web/20070609092458/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_ytPeUlA7mXw3eMQ6WHSo_emsLw
Statement during a Business for Clear Air conference, as quoted in "Tsang hit for 'naive' comments" by Mimi Lau in The Standard (28 November 2006) http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=32856&sid=11078442&con_type=1&d_str=20061128&sear_year=2006
“In order to reach universal suffrage we need to build trust.”
As quoted in Hong Kong Lawmakers Reject Tsang's Electoral Plan (Update4) at Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aBfFhhK_Md.I&refer=asia