Published: 2019/8/20 11:28:39 Last Updated: 2019/8/20
11:42:56, Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1162024.shtml
By Chen Qingqing in Hong Kong and Wang Wenwen in
Beijing
The Hong Kong government will establish a communication and dialogue platform to hold talks with protesters, said Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor at a press conference on Tuesday.
Lam said she believes the mechanism will be a responsible response to protesters' concerns.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
Lam also said the government will make adjustments in face of a declining Hong
Kong economy that has been impacted by months-long violent protests.
In the past two years, the Hong Kong government has taken effective measures to develop the economy, improve people's livelihoods and provide assistant to the elderly. This year, given the current social division, the government will
