Protest Flame Is Dying Down, Says Maria Tam
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Maria Tam talks to RTHK's Janice Wong
A deputy director of the Basic Law Committee, Maria Tam, said on Wednesday that she feels the "flame is dying down" in the ongoing anti-extradition bill protests as she expressed hope that the situation will improve further when students return to school after the summer break.
"I think the flame is dying down if you compare between now and what happened in the early part of June, the scale and the extent of the violence, the persons involved, the damage involved, by comparison is far less," said Tam.
"Especially if you compare it to July 1 when they went in to attack Legco and really destroyed a lot of facilities, took away a lot of computer records and things like that."
She also said the government is doing everything possible to normalise the situation.
Tam said that now is not the right time to consider setting up an independent inquiry into the crisis because the policy address is just three months away.
She told RTHK's Janice Wong that she believes the policy address will be faster in resolving the deep-seated problems in Hong Kong than an inquiry.
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