Donald Tsang
Donald Tsang
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen GBM, KBEis a former civil servant who was the second Chief Executive and President of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012...
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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.
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We need to guard against the situation where big companies, local or international, can corner the market, which can in turn lead to price-fixing and bid-rigging. There is concern within the work force and government that the fruits of economic recovery are not filtering down to unskilled workers.
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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.
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Strong government is a prerequisite for economic development.
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There is always tremendous interest in the relationship between the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Central Government.
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There is always tremendous interest in the relationship between the HKSAR government and the Central Government.
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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.
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These proposals will lead us to the ultimate goal of universal suffrage.
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I understand that the matter is being actively looked into and the case will be referred to the prosecution department before January 6.
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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.
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Our connections with the mainland have given us an obvious edge over our competitors in servicing the financing and investment needs of mainland enterprises.
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We have discussed this development for a long time. We should be able to spend and not drag our feet anymore because thousands of construction workers are waiting for work from the project.
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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.
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We've to balance employment in poultry sales, tourism and catering industries with the interest of public health.