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Peter So

Jeffie Lam

Hopes of concessions to break the stalemate of Occupy Central - which blew up again last night - have been dealt a setback with Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor not responding to pleas at a meeting with pan-democrats.
The lawmakers confirmed to the Post yesterday that they held a breakfast meeting with the chief secretary on Thursday but failed to get a response.
Chaos erupted late last night near the pro-democracy protest sites in Mong Kok, where bailiffs had earlier removed barricades after the two-month sit-in.
Hundreds of people gathered near the junction of Argyle Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street South, with many urging police to let them cross the cordoned road. Police swiftly pushed them back, triggering clashes.
Police warned protesters not to charge, to no avail, then used pepper spray and batons to disperse the crowd. Dozens of people were taken away.
Referring to the meeting, Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit said: "We told Mrs Lam that the government must create circumstances that are conducive to ending the 'umbrella movement'. But she gave us no response at all on this."
Lawmakers Ronny Tong Ka-wah, Albert Ho Chun-yan, Lee Cheuk-yan and Kenneth Leung also attended the meeting at Lam's residence on The Peak.
"Nothing we discussed gave us any reason to feel that the August 31 decision will be changed in any way. We will veto the reform proposal." Leong said, not quoting Lam exactly as it was a prior agreement of the meeting.
On August 31, Beijing laid down a restrictive framework for Hong Kong's 2017 chief executive election, giving a 1,200-strong committee exclusive power to nominate hopefuls.
The informal meeting was set up a month after the pan-democrats made a request to talk. Leong said legislators felt they had a role to play in talking to the government in the current stalemate, as Lam had said there was no room for further dialogue with student leaders of Occupy.
A source close to the group said Lam "gave no timetable" for clearing the Admiralty and Causeway Bay protest sites, hinting the government would rather wait for the protests to die down.
The Federation of Students will hold an assembly in Admiralty tomorrow. It asked protesters to bring goggles, helmets and umbrellas.
 


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Hopes of concessions to break the stalemate of Occupy Central - which blew up again last night - have been dealt a setback with Carrie Lam not responding to pleas at a meeting with pan-democrats.
