Hong Kong leader refuses to give ground after poll setback
Nov 25, 2019 | 6:45 PM
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Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam has refused to offer any concessions to anti-government protesters despite a local election setback.
Lam says she will accelerate dialogue and plans to set up a committee to review deep-seated social issues that contributed to grievances.
She at her weekly news conference Tuesday that the central government in Beijing didn’t blame her for poll outcome, in which pro-democracy bloc won a landslide victory with 90 per cent of seats.
She said Sunday’s election may have reflected unhappiness with the government but it also showed that many people want a stop to violence.
