Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
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We're a small band, but we have a following. Our records turn a profit, even if it's meager. And that's something to be said in this day and age. I was surprised at the reaction of most labels we contacted. The calls that weren't returned were shocking. Merge, Matador, Thrill Jockey and Touch and Go were labels I thought I had business contacting. Having a predictable potential that isn't awesome is a lot worse than having an unknown potential.
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We ran the numbers, and that was it, ... Consumer advocates would scream, but it wouldn't serve anyone if Commonwealth Edison went bankrupt.
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We rate our chances highly, but we won't be under-estimating this Indian side. If you go out and beat India in India, you have done pretty well.
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We really don't know if human consumption of that chemical is dangerous per se, so it's premature to say. We don't move on taking it out of the food stores yet. Further studies are necessary to identify the ultimate outcomes.
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To suggest that New Zealand journalists who join the EPMU for the workplace protections and rights that come with belonging to a union are somehow tainted is a gross slur on their professionalism.
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We rode it out. It was nothing remarkable, really. A little surreal. But there was no panic. A little emotional. We were OK. My mom was annoyed that the water was coming up, because she didn't move the car.
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We saw an additional fall this morning after yesterday's dramatic fall, and bond futures touched a new four-month low in early trading.
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We say hello to each other now and we are pleasant to each other, but it doesn't go any further than that,
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We are waiting for the court ruling to see if he is implicated in corruption before the government makes its move,
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We just haven't had that consistency. We've thrown some good periods together, but from game to game that consistency hasn't been there. It's something we've got to look back to getting back on track (Wednesday).
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We've been trying to get as much information as possible, not just from the first person we talked to.
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That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.
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The blowback against a bailout of Lehman would have been fierce. It is often forgotten, but the prevailing wisdom the day after Lehman fell was that its collapse was a good thing.
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Britain is doing brilliant things around the world and that is why I described as a 'superpower on development'.