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...
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I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.
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We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species.
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All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied.
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Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.
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I became a Conservative in the late 1980s because I could see that the Conservative party had transformed Britain's economy and our standing in the world compared to Labour in the 1980s.
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It is in my heart that I believe most strongly that our future is within a reformed E.U. - not least because we now live in a global marketplace.
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If, like me, nothing is more important to you than our children's future, then their opportunities must be protected.
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I'm not going to go mystery shopping in the NHS because we have a million people every day using it and rating its facilities.
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I think we have to understand that sugar is an essential component of food; it's just that sugar in excess is an inappropriate and unhelpful diet.
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Experience in other countries shows how big money, rather than the best political candidate, can influence politics.
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Especially some of the poorest in our society need to have the greatest support because health inequalities are too wide.
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As a Coalition Government, we inherited a legacy of lack of trust and confidence in political system.
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The job of the government - and my responsibility - is to help people live healthier lives. The framework is about giving local authorities the ability to focus on the most effective ways to improve the public's health and reduce health inequalities, long-term, from cradle to grave.
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I have spent too long with too many people who have lost loved ones to healthcare-associated infections not to be determined to act on this. There is no tolerable level of preventable infections. The only acceptable strategy is a zero-tolerance strategy.