Here's What Hong Kong's Most Famous People Told Us in 2015
This year we met some of the city’s coolest, best looking and most controversial people (sometimes they were all three at once). Here’s a selection of the finest quotes from these wonderful Hongkongers.
“There is not enough hope being expressed in public. There should be more. Hong Kong deserves more.” —Chong Chan-yau, President of the Hong Kong Blind Union
“Hongkongers don’t really want to tell Hong Kong stories anymore.” —Philip Yung, film critic-turned-director
“People are so used to hearing false things. You think of dishonesty as the norm. It warps your sense of ethics and morality. That is what I’m really worried about.” —Audrey Eu, Civic Party founder and chairman
“I love Hong Kong because it is my home. It is where most of the people I love best in the world are, and where I can do whatever I want, except genuinely elect the Chief Executive.” —Diana Lin, Senior Executive Producer at TVB Pearl
“Hong Kong people are ready for genuine universal suffrage. If we don’t resolve this problem, I think Hong Kong is going to become increasingly difficult to govern.” —Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary and “the Conscience of Hong Kong”
“People always say ‘One Country, Two Systems.’ Some don’t notice that the starting point should be ‘One Country.’ If there is no ‘One Country,’ there’s no ‘Two Systems.’” —Tam Yiu-chung, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference member and former DAB chairman