'Mr [Warwick] Reid admits wrongdoing and has always maintained the appropriate place for him to be dealt with is in New Zealand.' Greg Hollister-Jones, lawyer for the former Hong Kong prosecutor who admitted taking a $5.3 million payment to pervert the course of justice.

'The record Mr Lo (Tak-shing) has in different polls is bad and Hong Kong people do not support him much.' Louis Cha, trusted adviser to China, on Lo's chief executive bid.

'Some of these images might not be suitable in the eyes of most parents . . .' TELA Commissioner Peter Cheung after censors rubbed out masterpiece Le Dejeuner Sur l'Herbe.