Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen GBM (born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant and was the President of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
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"In order to reach universal suffrage we need to build trust."
"I should focus on other important issues like people's livelihoods and the economy."
"The life expectancy in Hong Kong is among the highest in the world … you can come to only one conclusion: we have the most environmentally friendly place for people, for executives, for Hong Kong people to live"
"All of the members of my new team have displayed in their work a strong sense of pragmatism that I promote. … While the backgrounds of principal officials are diverse, they all share a common commitment to our country, our territory and our people and agree with my governing philosophy."
"People can go to the extreme like what we saw during the Cultural Revolution. For instance, in China, when people take everything into their own hands, then you cannot govern the place. … [It] was the people taking power into their own hands. Now that is what you mean by democracy if you take it to the full swing."