I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.