“If mainstream opinion makes me no longer able to continue the job as chief executive, I’ll resign.”

—  Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam (2017), responding to a question from the audience on her popularity once in the job. cited in " '‘I’d resign if mainstream opinion against me,’ Carrie Lam says as leadership rivals trade blows in debate https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2078891/hong-kong-leadership-race-rivals-point-fingers-over-records" on South China Morning Post, 15 March 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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