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...Tsang says he's the man to take the territory forward. "I want to tell people what I propose to do in the coming five years," he says, "and why those things are important to them and to me." But Hong Kong is no longer as straightforward to govern as it was during British colonial times. Besides accommodating Beijing, the Chief Executive has to balance powerful local interests, especially a conservative business sector, with a growing civil-society movement agitating about everything from higher wages to "universal suffrage" (the local political jargon for full, direct elections) to clean air. Once...
...going to secure the votes of 800 people, it is a much easier exercise. I know many of them anyway. But winning the hearts of the people is a different exercise. I have to have a manifesto. I need to have an election platform. I want to tell people what I propose to do in the coming five years, and why those things are important to them...
...TIME: Many Hong Kongers-regular folk, not political opponents-say you and your government lack leadership and vision. TSANG: That's an easy description of any leader. Tell me any living, serving leader who has been given the reputation of [being visionary]. That sort of accolade comes after their deaths. I've no ambition at all to be given the reputation: Ah, he's a visionary leader...
...woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks occupying our countryside, I can tell you. Thank God there were no Kinsleys around wanting to bring the boys home when the going got tough. By comparison, Iraq is a walk in the park. Reg Brissenden Dorset, England...
Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Call me what you will, but I shower on a regular basis, eat meat, and don’t smoke pot. ...Actually, come to think of it, I tell people that all the time...