Hong Kong legislative council president says building repairs on track

Record ID: 1435634

  • Title: Hong Kong legislative council president says building repairs on track
  • Date: 8th October 2019
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (FILE - JULY 1, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS TRYING TO SMASH GLASS WINDOWS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING VARIOUS OF CROWDS OF PROTESTERS OUTSIDE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 22nd October 2019 10:16
  • Keywords: Hong Kong LegCo Andrew Leung president damaged building re-opening
  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • City: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA002B08IQTJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Hong Kong's legislative council president Andrew Leung said on Tuesday (October 8) that they are on track to resume session on October 16 as planned, after the building was damaged by protesters on July 1.
    Protesters stormed the Legislative Council on the 22nd anniversary of the handover from British to Chinese rule, destroying pictures and daubing walls with graffiti.
    What started as opposition to a now-withdrawn extradition bill has grown into a pro-democracy movement against what is seen as Beijing's increasing grip on the city, which protesters say undermines a "one country, two systems" status promised when Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule.
    Four months of protests have plunged the former British colony into its worst political crisis in decades and pose the biggest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012.
    (Production: Yuddy Cahya, Yiming Woo)
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