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Quotes About Hong Kong

ridden the Star Ferry from Hong Kong to Kowloon and back, had suffered two hours of rain in Hong Kong's Wanchai District, had gone up and down the Peak Tram, and had arrived at Hong Kong's Jetfoil terminal just in time to catch the last high-speed boat to Macau.
~ Brad Thor
I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over.
~ Jean-Claude Van Damme
Collectively, we must find points of leverage in order to convince China to improve their treatment of Uighurs, Tibetans, and other minority groups, to ensure the autonomy of Hong Kong, and to continue to protect democracy in Taiwan, among other issues.
~ Joe Sestak
Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.
~ Chris Patten
British rule also left its mark on Hong Kong in a more important and sustainable way. It led to the rise of a people that remains quintessentially Chinese and yet share a way of life, core values and an outlook that resemble at least as much, if not more, that of the average New Yorker or Londoner, rather than that of their compatriots in China.
~ Steve Tsang
I grew up in Hong Kong, and London used to seem very gray: the sky was gray, the buildings were gray, the food was incredibly gray - the food had, like, new kinds of grayness specially invented for it.
~ John Lanchester
The education system of Hong Kong has often been slammed for marginalising a lot of people.
~ Joshua Wong
If you look at some of the smaller capital markets in Asia, when they want funding, they either come here to Hong Kong or they go to California, the mecca of the Internet, because they can capture the liquidity and then move on and do what they want to do, which is develop a business.
~ Richard Li
If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.
~ Jackie Chan
Domestically, a lot of people think Xi Jinping is becoming Mao Zedong. By giving Hong Kong democracy, people would look at them as enlightened leaders.
~ Jimmy Lai
My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.
~ Edward Snowden
When I escaped from China and came to Hong Kong, the contrast was that China was like hell and Hong Kong like heaven. Though I was very poor, I smelled the air of freedom and was full of hope for the future. That's the way I thought heaven is.
~ Jimmy Lai
After college, I joined TVB in Hong Kong as an 'artist.'
~ Fala Chen
One of the reasons I'm called 'Demon Chef' is because in Hong Kong, people were calling me God chef, and I right away took away that term because calling yourself God is blasphemous.
~ Alvin Leung
I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong the year I was five.
~ Wong Kar-wai
I was born in Cambridge but brought up in and around Winchester, in Hampshire. I've also lived in Hong Kong and America.
~ Chris Geere
I love the sense of belonging in Hong Kong. I love that it is such an international city. I love our food and our language. The people are energetic and passionate. I just really love this city.
~ Joshua Wong
I went back to Hong Kong for the first time in 17 years and I was culture shocked in Hong Kong.
~ Jimmy O. Yang
Hong Kong has always been a dynamic and exciting and high-energy city, and it has that New York thing going on, and people here care about how they look.
~ Mickey Drexler
I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.
~ Daniel Wu
As a chief executive determined to lead Hong Kong to new heights, I am keenly aware of the immense responsibilities on my shoulders.
~ Carrie Lam
There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic.
~ Andy Lau
In Hong Kong, 'wonton' means swallowing a cloud.
~ Jose Andres
I believe it's important that Hong Kong does not become another Chinese city.
~ Richard Li