Martin Lee
Martin Lee
Martin Lee, QC, SC, JP, is a Hong Kong political activist, lawyer and former legislator. He was the founding chairmanof the Democratic Party in Hong Kong. He was a directly-elected Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kongfor the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency. Professionally he is a barrister-at-law, the first on the order of precedence of Senior Counsels in Hong Kong...
call chinese democracy leaders
We call upon our Chinese leaders to give us democracy.
betrayal complete democracy early insult people proposal support
The proposal is an insult to all people who want to have democracy as early as possible. If we support the government, it would be a complete betrayal to our voters.
cleaned
We have to get all that cleaned out.
bill bluegrass country himself idol loved monroe
He loved bluegrass music, country music. Bill Monroe was his idol and someone he patterned himself after musically.
knows next
If this (trip) is a first step, then I think it's OK. But no one knows if there will be a next step,
camp democracy electoral exit polls reflect shows system true
If the exit polls reflect the true picture, then the democracy camp hasn't done well at all. I am disappointed. It shows how unacceptable the electoral system is.
numbers past week
The governments in the past week have done everything they can to keep the numbers down.
particular woman
There's one particular woman who does a lot of cooking.
accused happened point seen trust
They all said, 'I can't point out where they were at the time, or where I was, but trust me, it happened then. But had they ever seen the accused before? Never.
adopted british ethical foreign government
Of course, we know this British government has adopted a so-called ethical foreign policy,
insult kong
This is an insult to Hong Kong people.
beijing control laws pass
Once the Provisional Legislature is set up, Beijing will control it. Beijing will be able to pass any laws it wants.
intended money
The money was never intended to be indefinite.
focus
They do not even purport to show what these defendants were doing. They only focus on one part of what went on that day.