Demonstrators say they are fighting the erosion of the"one country, two systems" arrangement enshrining some autonomy for Hong Kong when China took it back from Britain in 1997.
As she spoke to reporters, her voice cracking with emotion at one point, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell by more than 1% to its lowest level since Jan. 4. The index was down around 1.5% soon after.“Hong Kong, as an open, free, very tolerant, economically stable city will see severe wounds … The recovery may take a long time,” she said.
Demonstrators say they are fighting the erosion of the “one country, two systems” arrangement enshrining some autonomy for Hong Kong when China took it back from Britain in 1997. “Protesters have been frequently using extremely dangerous tools to attack the police in recent days, constituting serious crimes with sprouts of terrorism emerging,” Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office spokesman Yang Guang said in Beijing.
Most protesters had left the airport shortly after midnight, with about 50 protesters still there on Tuesday morning. Hong Kong’s airport is the eighth busiest by passenger traffic, handling 73 million passengers a year.
South Africans could learn a lot from the Hong Kongers, tenacity and stamina if you put your mind and energy into what you want💪