Carrie Lam

If the chief executive cannot have a party background, how can she ensure her team is wholeheartedly united?

— Carrie Lam

You cannot appreciate the sense of satisfaction that I get from my job.

— Carrie Lam

We should widen our economic base and encourage businesses to move up the value chain and increase job diversity.

— Carrie Lam

I hope people from the social work profession do not encourage labelling.

— Carrie Lam

I do have a lot of care, concern, and compassion for disadvantaged people.

— Carrie Lam

I grew up here with all other Hongkongers. My love for this place has prompted me to make many personal sacrifices.

— Carrie Lam

Hong Kong needs population growth to cope with a rapidly ageing population.

— Carrie Lam

Hong Kong is not an independent entity... and cannot decide, on its own, its political development.

— Carrie Lam

There is no point helping some people when, the next day or when the next family comes into your office, you are…

— Carrie Lam

I think it's not just a matter of building more houses, more flats. We need to have the right policies. I want…

— Carrie Lam

Instead of wasting time on proposals which are difficult to forge consensus on, such as public nomination and party nomination, it's better…

— Carrie Lam

I am confident the SCMP and Hong Kong will continue to grow and prosper, hand in hand, in this 21st century of…

— Carrie Lam

In my opinion, serving the common good is the true purpose of politics and is also the perspective through which our community…

— Carrie Lam

It's neither appropriate nor responsible if I drastically amend a policy after one, two, or three submissions of opinion.

— Carrie Lam

I firmly believe that the wider community supports achieving the goal of universal suffrage for 2017 according to law. I also believe…

— Carrie Lam

You have to understand that under One Country, Two Systems, we are a separate customs authority in the same way we are…

— Carrie Lam

Let's face reality. To ensure Hong Kong remains competitive, we have to uphold a very low tax regime.

— Carrie Lam

Usually, even when a bill draws extreme opinions, there can be a process of expression and negotiation.

— Carrie Lam

Real politics should work for the long-term and overall interests of the community.

— Carrie Lam

While easy to understand, the income-based poverty line has limitations. Specifically, the median monthly household income measures only income without considering assets.

— Carrie Lam

Every day, I tell myself, 'It will be better if I spend more time on thinking about good ideas and working instead…

— Carrie Lam

Governance under a chief executive elected by universal suffrage will give fresh impetus to economic and livelihood policies.

— Carrie Lam

Now, walking in the streets, people seem to have become richer and more willing to consume. It seems like everybody is ushering…

— Carrie Lam

Most elderly are retirees with relatively low incomes. But some may possess assets, and they will be classified as poor. As such,…

— Carrie Lam

I am very careful about my health... For example, I have body check-ups regularly and take some medicines to control my blood…

— Carrie Lam

Any proposal that would usurp or water down the rights of the nominating committee would not be able to receive political support.

— Carrie Lam

When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the…

— Carrie Lam

Although universal suffrage may not be a panacea for all social problems, it does have a profound bearing on the democratic development…

— Carrie Lam

Someone said I have had my popularity diminished by getting into the controversy of national education. Perhaps they are right.

— Carrie Lam

There should be no doubt about my commitment to responding to questions from reporters in the same language that the question is…

— Carrie Lam

Low rents mean families have more resources to improve their quality of life and invest in the next generation, facilitating upward mobility.

— Carrie Lam

The SCMP, in short, reveals the renewed spirit of Hong Kong driven by my government - connect and excel - and in…

— Carrie Lam

The path for the democratic development of Hong Kong since the return to the motherland has been full of twists and turns.…

— Carrie Lam

Our mission and task has always been to find a pragmatic balance among competing interests that will serve the greatest common good.

— Carrie Lam

We should continue to grow our economy and create employment opportunities, particularly quality jobs to help the upward mobility of young people.

— Carrie Lam

I will comprehensively review the education system with my team to create a stable, caring, and inspiring environment for students, parents, teachers,…

— Carrie Lam

Laws, especially those of a constitutional nature like the Basic Law, which have been formulated through reasonable legislative processes, should never be…

— Carrie Lam

With universal suffrage, every chief executive candidate must face the seven million people of Hong Kong, explain his or her political platform…

— Carrie Lam

The important thing for the government to do is to help people who cannot help themselves by providing a range of support.

— Carrie Lam

I have talked to my husband and asked him to come back and be with me more. He likes to stay in…

— Carrie Lam