Both the central government and this administration are actively leading this community towards universal suffrage in an orderly fashion. I am 60 years of age. I certainly want to see universal suffrage taking place in Hong Kong in my time. |
I suggest we work on all these elements and reach the final destination of universal suffrage as quickly as possible. |
I understand it is bad politics to cut spending or raise taxes. So you pray and pray that this is not dangerous, and as long as nothing happens in your term, it's okay. |
I understand that the matter is being actively looked into and the case will be referred to the prosecution department before January 6. |
I was in Beijing not too long ago in December and had a very thorough discussion with the President, the Premier and other senior officials. |
In order to reach universal suffrage, we have to build trust. |
On the question of mediating between the central government and 'pan-democrats', it may be better for me to redirect the efforts to other areas of development as the remainder of my term will be too short for it. |
Our connections with the mainland have given us an obvious edge over our competitors in servicing the financing and investment needs of mainland enterprises. |
Strong government is a prerequisite for economic development. |
The aim is to enhance among our youths the understanding of our country's aerospace technology development and enable them to learn from the scientists and astronauts the spirit of perseverance. |
The hard work over the past two years, of intensive and widespread consultation and of putting the proposals together, will be lost. Worse, the mutual trust we have taken pains to build between the central government and ourselves, the trust we need to take our democratization forward, will dissipate. |
There have been times that I wished they had not grossly crossed the line, and preceded everything with politics instead of pragmatic consideration. But I think that many in the legislature are still pragmatic. |
There is always tremendous interest in the relationship between the HKSAR government and the Central Government. |
There is always tremendous interest in the relationship between the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Central Government. |
There is little scope for me to change [the proposals]. But I hope that within what little scope I have, I will see what I can do to perfect the package. But it will be of limited scale and it will not affect the timetable for resolution of this matter in the Legislative Council [on December 21]. Nor will it itself produce quickly a timetable that is not achievable. |