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Hong Kong economy Financial secretary says violent acts are ‘close to terrorism’ and endangering the lives of innocent citizens
Hong Kong is being pushed to the brink of its worst recession since the 1997 handover, as the city is being “swallowed up” by violence and hatred amid the ongoing anti-government protests, finance chief Paul Chan Mo-po has warned.
Chan condemned the violent protests, saying they were “directly endangering the lives of innocent citizens and eating up Hong Kong’s long-term treasured values of civility and rationality”.
The financial secretary added: “Such acts are close to terrorism.”
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