Emily Lau
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"Emily Lau Wai-hing", Justice of Peace/JP is a prominent liberal, government critic and woman politician in Hong Kong champions press freedom and human rights in Hong Kong/human rights. She is a journalist-turn-politician when she was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the Hong Kong legislative election, 1991/1991 LegCo elections. She is currently the Legislative Councillor for the New Territories East (constituency)/New Territories East and the chairlady of the Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/Democratic Party, the flagship pro-democracy camp/pro-democracy party.

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It's a powerful way for people to know that we have not forgotten. It's reassuring to see so many people turn out to say they have not forgotten the atrocities of 1989.

I think the people have spoken very loudly and clearly.

They support democracy, and the pro-democracy candidates have scored a resounding victory. I certainly hope the people in Beijing would be watching closely.

We have demonstrated to Hong Kong and to the rest of China, if people are allowed to get the news, what democracy is all about.

What he's saying now is, wait, we've got to consult Beijing. We don't even know what the basic law means. This is ludicrous.

The first of July is the first day of Chinese rule and the signal they're sending to the outside world is very negative.

I wonder why this figure wasn't released along with the others last week. They should tell us (what their plans are) and also disclose other items.

You can call it a farce; it's not an election in the way you know it, but that's Hong Kong, it's very sad.

That was really bad. Mr. Zhang had said we could have an honest dialogue, but when we raised the issues that the Hong Kong people are concerned about, he got angry.