#CarrieLam’s weekly presser coincidentally on #HKProtests anniversary. What would Hong Kong people want to ask her?
Message from #CarrieLam
#thread on June 18, 2019, in the same room she gave her weekly press conference this morning, #CarrieLam offered her “most sincere apology” to HK people for causing “controversies, disputes and anxieties” in the society with the #extraditionbill. One year on, she said...
...”everyone needs to learn a lesson, including the HKSAR government and the legislators, that HK cannot afford such chaos”. But what lesson has she learned and therefore how will she handle the #NationalSecurityLaw ? Lam didn’t leave a clue other than ...
...reiterating her determination to “cooperate with the central authorities”. Is there anything she regret doing or not doing? Has she got more backup than HK Police Force? Would she in any way facilitate reconciliation? These questions couldn’t make to the stage as she was ...
...late as usual and only willing to pick three reporters out of dozens. But HK people are not giving up. A general strike is planned on this Sunday and Lam condemned it. Lunchtime and after work protests are coming later today and Lam said violence and chaos would hinder the ...
...city’s recovery. All in all, Lam said “the immediate issue is to prove that one country, two systems works well in HK and to prove that HK people are reasonable and sensible citizens of the People's Republic of China” as if HK people asked for the plan 40yrs ago instead of ...
...being kept from the negotiation table in order not to become the inconvenient third leg of a stool. One year ago, reporters competed to shout unattended questions to Lam’s receding figure. One year on, there is only quietness, or speechlessness.
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