Hong Kong is preparing for a weekend of demonstrations, including a human chain ...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong is preparing for a weekend of demonstrations, including a human chain at major subway lines on Friday and a democracy march on Sunday, the latest moves in more than four months of anti-government protests.
It has been two weeks since Carrie Lam, leader of the Chinese-ruled city, invoked emergency laws for the first time in half a century to ban face masks, hoping to quell protests. Instead, the city has been shaken by some of the most intense unrest to date. Hundreds of people are expected to join hands outside metro stations in the city on Friday night, including in the central business district, prime shopping centers, the Kowloon peninsula and rural New Territories.
Beijing has rejected claims it is undermining rights in Hong Kong, and has accused foreign countries of fomenting trouble.Instead, she announced measures to ease Hong Kong’s acute housing shortage - an issue that has partly fueled anger for the protests because of the city’s exorbitant property prices.
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