Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam cancels policy address after disruptions by pro-democracy lawmakers, later broadcasts pre-recorded version
HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had to abandon her policy speech because of jeering lawmakers on Wednesday but later offered no direct olive branch to pro-democracy protesters, hoping instead to ease resentment by building more public housing.
Protesters have trashed government buildings, including the Legislative Council, daubed businesses seen as pro-China with graffiti, set street fires and thrown petrol bombs at police who have responded with water canon, tear gas, rubber bullets and several live rounds. “Despite the stormy times and overwhelming difficulties Hong Kong is experiencing, I believe that so long as we accurately adhere to the principle of ‘one country, two systems’, we will be able to get out of the impasse.”Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the protesters were trying to humiliate and bring down the Hong Kong government. “There is no simple solution,” he said.
Lam later told a news conference that she had held “closed door” meetings with some members of the protest movement and when the unrest ended she would hold more.“Both her hands are soaked with blood. We hope Carrie Lam withdraws and quits,” an emotional Chan told reporters. “It is not hard to link this incident to a spreading political terror in order to threaten and inhibit the legitimate exercise of natural and legal rights,” said the group.
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