Carrie Lam Quotes

Carrie Lam

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 13, 1957

It is my earnest hope that all parties across the political spectrum will bear Hong Kong's long-term interests in mind, apply their political wisdom, and seek a consensus through open and rational communication with people of different views.

Carrie Lam

I hope people from the social work profession do not encourage labelling.

Carrie Lam

Nobody wants a stalemate in constitutional development.

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I set very high standards, normally for myself. For other people, I try to lower my standards.

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Every day, I tell myself, 'It will be better if I spend more time on thinking about good ideas and working instead of watching TV or shopping.'

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I want people to be happy and to enjoy Hong Kong.

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We should strive to be the most sophisticated and efficient platform for the world to do business with the mainland and for Chinese enterprises to be connected with the world.

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I think it's not just a matter of building more houses, more flats. We need to have the right policies. I want people to be able to own their flats.

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I'm fine with criticism against me.

Carrie Lam

Facebook is actually very easy to use. It's not a difficult thing to me. I just write down a bit of my daily feelings.

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Sometimes, government officials and legislators disagree on policies or issues. Yet, we invariably want the best for Hong Kong people.

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Our mission and task has always been to find a pragmatic balance among competing interests that will serve the greatest common good.

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I am confident the SCMP and Hong Kong will continue to grow and prosper, hand in hand, in this 21st century of opportunity.

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Although universal suffrage may not be a panacea for all social problems, it does have a profound bearing on the democratic development and governance of a place.

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I have hobbies.

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Instead of wasting time on proposals which are difficult to forge consensus on, such as public nomination and party nomination, it's better to focus the discussion on how to form the nominating committee and the nomination process.

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Our common goal is to keep Hong Kong from chaos, severe polarisation, and violence.

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At the end of the day, we must respect the rule of law in respective jurisdictions.

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Those who care about constitutional development should look beyond universal suffrage for the chief executive election and turn their sights to universal suffrage for Legco as well.

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Implementing universal suffrage for the 2017 election is a big step forward along our road to democracy. This is not only a solemn commitment of the central authorities to Hong Kong but also the aspiration shared by seven million Hong Kong people.

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