HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam renewed her appeals for peace in the Chinese-ruled city on Friday but failed to offer any concessions to anti-government protesters despite a resounding victory for pro-democracy parties in local elections. A day earlier, the foreign ministry summoned US Ambassador Terry Branstad to protest the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which it said amounted to interference in an internal Chinese matter. Lam acknowledged that voters in the city wanted to express their views on many issues, including “deficiencies in governance”. The Cross-Harbor Tunnel linking Hong Kong island to the mainland, which closed after protesters occupied the campus, will re-open on Wednesday morning, chief secretary Matthew Cheung said. “There’s no content in her talk, which is usual,” said Ma Ngok, political scientist at Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Source: Egypt Independent November 26, 2019 13:52 UTC