HONG KONG: Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways warned against what it described as an illegal protest planned outside its facilities on ...
The carrier said in a statement late on Tuesday that police had banned a planned protest around its Cathay City headquarters on Lantau island, next to Hong Kong's international airport, on Wednesday evening, making it illegal."Cathay Pacific wishes to emphasize that it fully supports the upholding of the Basic Law and all the rights and freedoms afforded by it," the statement said.
It has since evolved into calls for greater democracy under the"one country, two systems" formula enshrined in the Basic Law under which Hong Kong has been administered since the return from British to Chinese rule. Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's embattled leader, has not ruled out the possibility her administration could invoke emergency powers to quell the protests. She said in a news briefing on Tuesday that violence was becoming more serious but was confident the government could handle the crisis itself.
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