Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
names years once-upon-a-time
Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.
winter europe history
What finally scuppered Napoleon's Europe was of course the fatal combination of the English Channel and the Russian winter; the same unlikely partnership that also did for Hitler's Europe.
history historical guilt
With their own record of killing 12 million American Indians and supporting slavery for four decades after the British abolished it, Americans wish to project their historical guilt on to someone else.
war islands israel
When, during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George Medal for bravery: today Israel should be awarded a similar decoration for defending democracy, tolerance and Western values against a murderous onslaught that has lasted twenty times as long.
small-person persons
I'm 6'2 and not a small person.
clean should feels
I am mildly addicted to Mucinex-D. I feel like I should just come clean about that.
kids mind made
I haven't really made up my mind concretely about having kids.
television theater
I love doing both theater and television.
wake-up caffeine i-can
I can't wake up at all without caffeine.
age broadway actors
At a very early age I knew I wanted to be an actor and then more specifically that I wanted to be on Broadway and be in musicals.
book musical actors
As an actor, you generally don't get to choose what projects you are part of, so I've been very fortunate that 'The Book of Mormon' was something I got to be part of. I don't want to be lofty, but it was groundbreaking, in many ways, for musical theater, so that was really thrilling to be part of.
gay majority midwest
Even though I'm from the Midwest, the majority of my life has been spent on the coasts where being gay wasn't really much of a conversation.
jobs people theatre
As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people who are on television.
moving thinking baking
Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop. Sometimes after some bad auditions I think, you know what - time to open that scone shop! Let's start baking.