Today marks the 100th day of anti-government protests in Hong Kong, if we use the first mass march of June 9 as the launch of the movement against the now to-be-withdrawn extradition bill. Since then, clashes between protesters and police have become more violent. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has called for dialogue but Beijing has other ideas. Three party mouthpieces have urged the local government to seize land hoarded by developers to boost housing, which they identified as the root cause of the troubles. Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing begged for leniency for the young but was instantly rebuked by state media. Meanwhile, the movement is going for broke with ‘lam caau’ which is Cantonese for ‘burning together’ or, ‘I’m taking you down with me’ in English.
Zuraidah Ibrahim
Deputy Executive Editor
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