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Hong Kong Leader Refuses to Give Ground after Poll Setback

Hong Kong Leader Refuses to Give Ground after Poll Setback

Monday, 25 November 2019 09:39 PM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — 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 percent 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.

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