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Hong Kong leader says financial hub's strengths intact despite protests

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 11:25 AM

Hong Kong's strengths as a global financial hub have not been undermined by months of pro-democracy protests, the Chinese-ruled city's chief executive, Carrie Lam, said on Monday.  Read more »

Chinese leaders reiterate support for Carrie Lam amid HK protests

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 16 10:54 PM

"This year has been the gravest and most complicated one since Hong Kong's return to the motherland, facing all sorts of difficulties and pressure," Xi said. "Chief Executive Lam has managed to hold firm to the 'one country, two systems' principle, administered according to law and she's carried out her duties with dedication having done a lot of hard work." Read more »

China gives Hong Kong leader 'unwavering support'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 16 04:44 PM

China's premier told beleaguered Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday that she had Beijing's "unwavering support" after a huge rally earlier this month and her government's thrashing at recent local elections.   Read more »

Experts quit Hong Kong police probe, in blow to government

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 11:32 AM

An international panel of experts hired to advise Hong Kong's police watchdog over its handling of huge pro-democracy protests announced Wednesday they were quitting, in a major setback for the city's pro-Beijing government.   Read more »

Hong Kong police withdraw from wrecked campus, activists call for more rallies

Jessie Pang and Martin Pollard, Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 06:55 PM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong police on Friday withdrew from the wreckage of a university campus damaged in weeks of clashes, as pro-democracy activists canvassed social media for support for more rallies at the weekend. Read more »

Hong Kong leader offers mea culpa, but no concessions

Yan Zhao and Xinqi Su, France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 07:07 PM

Hong Kong's unpopular leader Carrie Lam acknowledged Tuesday that public dissatisfaction with her government fueled a landslide win by pro-democracy candidates in local elections Read more »

China 'resolutely' backs Hong Kong leader despite polls setback

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 05:56 PM

China said Monday it supports Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam, after the pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections in the city after months of violence. Read more »

Hong Kong establishment crushed at polls in stark message to Beijing

Yan Zhao and Xinqi Su, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 04:01 PM

The result was a humiliating rebuke to Beijing and Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who has dismissed calls for political reform and had repeatedly suggested that a silent majority supported her administration and opposed the protest movement. Read more »

Hong Kongers vote in record numbers as activists send message

Yan Zhao and Xinqi Su, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 06:12 PM

Lengthy queues snaked out of polling stations across the territory in the election for 18 district councils, where high turnout is expected to benefit democratic forces. Read more »

Hong Kong leader says campus protesters must surrender

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 11:47 AM

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong's chief executive said Tuesday that protesters occupying a city center university had to surrender if the three-day stand-off was to be resolved peacefully.   Read more »

Xi voices 'high degree of trust' in Hong Kong leader over unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 12:07 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed a "high degree of trust" in Hong Kong's unpopular leader Carrie Lam as the two met after months of increasingly violent protests in the semi-autonomous city. Read more »

China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Lam with 'interim' chief executive -FT

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 23 06:48 AM

China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an "interim" chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, which would bring to a close Lam's rule after months of often-violent pro-democracy protests. Read more »

Hong Kong's leader backs police use of force as protesters plan 'illegal' march

Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 12:25 PM

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam took to the airwaves on Saturday to back the use of force by police ahead of a major anti-government march planned this weekend in the Chinese-ruled city, which has been battered by months of violent protests. Read more »

Cathay woes pile up as passenger figures dip again in September

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 03:07 PM

Overall passenger traffic fell 7.1 percent in September, the airline said, with inbound traffic into its Hong Kong hub plunging 38 percent for the second month running.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 17, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 01:32 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Pro-democracy lawmakers protest

Umit Bektas, Reuters
Posted at Oct 17 03:11 PM

A pro-democracy lawmaker is escorted by security from the Legislative Council, as Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam takes questions from lawmakers regarding her policy address, in Hong Kong on Thursday. Read more »

Hong Kong leader abandons policy speech after lawmakers' heckles

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 16 12:44 PM

Hong Kong's embattled leader abandoned a State of the Union-style speech on Wednesday after she was heckled by opposition lawmakers during chaotic scenes inside the city's legislature. Read more »

Hong Kong leader says no plan to use emergency powers for other laws

Clare Jim and Noah Sin, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 12:14 PM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday her administration had no plans to use colonial-era emergency powers to introduce new laws, after a long weekend of violent protests saw widespread defiance of a ban on face masks. Read more »

Hong Kong metro stays shut after night of violent protests

Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 11:02 AM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's metro system will stay shut on Saturday, the rail operator said, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations. Read more »

Malaysian PM says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam should quit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 01:55 AM

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Hong Kong's embattled leader should resign over the city's increasingly violent pro-democracy protests. Read more »