While Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam painted a bleak picture of the city's economy, she expressed hope that dialogue with protesters could provide 'a way out.'
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she was willing to talk to peaceful protesters to narrow current differences.
Protesters walk along a street during a rally in Hong Kong on August 18, 2019, in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights.leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday painted a bleak picture of the city's economy amid weeks of protests, but expressed hope that dialogue with peaceful demonstrators could provide "a way out" for the Asian financial hub.
"We will immediately start the work to establish a platform for dialogue," she said Tuesday, during her weekly press conference on the ongoing protests. "This dialogue, I hope, will be based on mutual understanding and respect and find a way out for today's Hong Kong."plagued by weeks of unrest The frequently violent rallies have since spilled over into issues of democracy amid rising concerns that civil rights and freedoms under Beijing were being eroded.
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