Hong Kong Quotes

Political activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan use Facebook as their primary tool to mobilize support for their causes and activities.

Rebecca MacKinnon

SupportPoliticalHong KongToolUse

I went to Hong Kong in '97 to witness the handover after graduating university, and then I was gonna backpack around Asia and then come back here and look for a job.

Daniel Wu

JobLookBackHong KongUniversity

Tiananmen Square in early 1989 attracted many dreamers like Ma Jian, who returned from Hong Kong to a one-room shack in Beijing in order to join the student protests.

Pankaj Mishra

EarlyStudentHong KongDreamersWho

I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star.

Anna May Wong

NowHollywoodOldHong KongStar

Because I became a refugee in Macau during 1941, we had this war in Hong Kong, I fought for the government as an air raid warden for 15 days. Our government surrendered, Hong Kong Government surrendered, so I took a junk and came to Macau in 16 hours and I was a refugee, so that's why I was so much indebted to Macau.

Stanley Ho

GovernmentWarWhyHong KongAir

In Hong Kong, 'wonton' means swallowing a cloud.

Jose Andres

CloudHong KongMeansKong

I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong the year I was five.

Wong Kar-wai

YearBornHong KongFiveI Was Born

We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories.

Richard Li

PeopleBuildingBusyHong KongUp

I confess I didn't read the 'Green Arrow' comics before coming to play Shado. The comic books are not as easily accessible in Hong Kong as they are in the States. I do enjoy superhero fiction, though.

Celina Jade

GreenEnjoyPlayHong KongFiction

Shanghai set out to take over from Hong Kong and I think it's done that. It's got the most amazing futuristic skyline which rivals and even betters Tokyo.

Paul Oakenfold

AmazingThinkDoneHong KongOver

What I miss from the States, I guess, is going to museums and to see small rock shows in small bars. We don't have that in Hong Kong. Unfortunately because the property market is so high, all rent is so expensive, they can't afford to have a rock music bar because those things don't make a lot of money, and they're paying a lot of rent.

Daniel Wu

MusicMoneySmallRockHong Kong

Quality Healthcare is a premier healthcare brand in Hong Kong and is the leading private healthcare provider there. We are believers in long-term growth prospects of the Asian healthcare space and the benefits of a world-class pan-Asian integrated healthcare delivery system.

Malvinder Mohan Singh

GrowthQualitySpaceBrandHong Kong

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

Andy Lau

I AmHong KongIdolAsiaClassified

People often refer to Dubai as the Hong Kong of the Gulf, but it's really more like Vegas.

Tucker Carlson

PeopleDubaiVegasMoreHong Kong

Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong. There's a lot of restriction for contemporary films simply because of subject matter.

Donnie Yen

ChoicesCinemaMatterMoreHong Kong

This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.

Wong Kar-wai

CinemaKnowHong KongDifferenceOwn

I love London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris - there are a million places I could imagine I like, but N.Y. is home.

Nick Wooster

LoveHomeParisLondonHong Kong

You never really know what's inspired you or made you who you are, but I was really lucky that I got to grow up in places like Japan and Hong Kong that are super energetic and have this intensity to them.

Bishop Briggs

GrowYouKnowLuckyNeverHong Kong

The original communitarianism of Chinese Confucian society has degenerated into nepotism, a system of family linkages, and corruption, on the mainland. And remnants of the evils of the original system are still found in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and even Singapore.

Lee Kuan Yew

FamilySocietyCorruptionHong Kong

My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.

Edward Snowden

PeopleFateIntentionAskHong Kong

I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.

Ma Jian

LiveGovernmentLateHong KongLeft

I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.

Jet Li

RememberHong KongI RememberSome

There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic.

Andy Lau

MoviesOthersMoreHong KongKinds

Manhattan, after eight years here, still reminds me of Hong Kong. There are parts of Chinatown that are the spit and image of streets in Wan Chai, and I am held in thrall by the Chrysler building as much as I was by I.M. Pei's Bank of China Tower.

Mary H.K. Choi

I AmMeBuildingHong KongImage

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