Local media outlets reported that meeting would include Mrs. Lam’s cabinet, Hong Kong delegates to the National People’s Congress, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference members and pro-Beijing lawmakers.
Regina Ip, a pro-Beijing lawmaker and member of the Executive Council, Mrs. Lam’s cabinet, said the chief executive would meet with the council at 4 p.m. She said Mrs. Lam would be meeting with pro-establishment parties, too.
“I don’t know what it will be about,” Mrs. Ip said.
The months of protests have included peaceful marches involving hundreds of thousands of people, as well as street protests by smaller groups who have become increasingly violent in recent weeks, throwing bricks and firebombs at the police. The police have used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters and arrested more than 1,000 people since early June.
The Hang Seng Index climbed more than 4 percent after news of the planned meeting emerged. Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong-based airline that has faced criticism from the Chinese government for its employees’ participation in the protests, climbed more than 7 percent.
Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/world/asia/hong-kong-carrie-lam-protests.html
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