Carrie Lam To Address Hong Kong On Protest Strike

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, together with Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung and Financial Secretary Paul Chan have called a news conference for 10am on Monday, amid the disruptions brought by the first mass strike in Hong Kong for decades.

This was announced by the Government Information Services at 8:35am.

Early Monday morning, the government issued a statement, saying the recent protests had already gone "far beyond the limits of peaceful protests, which the administration and the general public will not condone under any circumstances".

It said some protesters have "maliciously committed serious unlawful acts, such as arson and assaulting police".

In his weekly blog on Sunday, the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan urged people to think twice before taking to the streets, because of the growing risk that the protests would tip Hong Kong into recession..