Quotes by Robert Broadfoot

“Whatever they achieve, the word thats going to be used will be cooperation, coordination.”

“Im surprised cases like China Aviation Oil and this one dont happen more often. There are a lot of gray areas among Chinese agencies on whos responsible for what. Its a faulty system.”

“If you think Hong Kongs expensive today, wait til you see it five years from now. Well call Tokyo Macys bargain basement. It is going to be an extremely expensive city. The pressures going to be on companies always to define what value-added role does Hong Kong have.”

“The problem in some cases is the abuse of weak democracies, the exploitation by leaders of those parts of the system which arent really democratic or strong.”

“Is the Philippines a real democracy or just an elitist group going through the motions of democracy?”

“It really hasnt improved much in 20 years.”

“Its not what corruption costs in terms of bribes paid or money taken out of the country. It is really the opportunity cost that hurts the country the most in terms of lost infrastructure and investment. Many of our clients, major international companies, just wont come into the country because they do not trust the rules of the game. Thats the real cost. Some people have just written the place off.”