Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam arrives to answer questions from lawmakers regarding her policy address, as pro-democracy lawmakers hold up placards behind her, at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Legislative Council meeting was adjourned on Thursday as pro-democracy lawmakers repeatedly heckled the city’s embattled leader, Carrie Lam, with several escorted from the chamber for the second day in a row.
Lam, who is backed by China’s government, was due to speak a day after announcing measures to tackle the city’s chronic housing shortage in her annual policy address, which she was forced to deliver by video after pro-democracy lawmakers heckled her in the legislature.
Reporting By Clare Jim, Felix Tam, Farah Master, Writing by Anne Marie Roantree, Editing by Christian Schmollinger