![]() Hong Kong's Jockey Club cancelled Wednesday's races after protesters said they would target the Happy Valley racecourse where a horse part-owned by a pro-China lawmaker was due to run. It has accused foreign powers, particularly the United States and Britain, of fomenting the unrest and told them to mind their own business. Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to China in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula that ensures freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland, including right of assembly and an independent judiciary.ĭemonstrators are angry about what they see as creeping interference by Beijing, despite the promise of autonomy and the protests have broadened into calls for universal suffrage.Ĭhina says it is committed to the "one country, two systems" arrangement and denies interfering. READ: Commentary: Why China doesn’t understand what the Hong Kong protesters want READ: Hong Kong activists take cause to US Congress, urge pressure on Beijing Police have responded with tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets. Protesters, many of them masked and using umbrellas to hide behind and defend themselves again water cannon, have caused havoc around the city in recent weeks, throwing petrol bombs at police, storming the Legislative Council, trashing metro stations and lighting fires on the streets. Such items included "loudhailers/sound amplifiers, umbrellas, defensive equipment (such as mask respirators and helmets), flags, banners, buntings, any plastic, glass, metal bottles or containers, bottled or canned drinks, etc.," it said. Participants should not bring any materials which the organiser considers possible to disrupt the event or cause nuisance, inconvenience or danger to other parties." "To ensure the safety of others, participants should behave in an orderly manner," the government said. Lam promised to hold the talks to try to end the disruptions in the Asian financial hub. "The session will be an open-dialogue platform aimed at reaching out to the public to invite people from all walks of life to express their views to the government, so as to fathom the discontent in society and to look for solutions," the government said in a statement. READ: Hong Kong's summer of protests leaves economy bruised and battered READ: Hong Kong leader says public dialogue aimed at easing tensions to begin next week Next Thursday's talks in the Chinese-ruled city, the scene of more than three months of sometimes violent anti-government protests, will be open to 150 people who must apply online. HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government on Thursday (Sep 19) set the rules for an open dialogue between leader Carrie Lam and the public next week, telling those taking part to be "orderly" and not bring along loudhailers, bunting or umbrellas.
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