Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's town hall fails to persuade protesters

Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's beleaguered leer dressed  public with warmth and humility but failed to get an equal response. In face-off session with her audience, Carrie very patiently faced angry audience that blew up at her with aggressive remarks at a town hall session on Thursday due to her refusal to provide more concessions to finally end more than three months of anti-government protests that have rocked semi-automous Chinese territory. 

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After session ended, Carrie preferred to stay inside building for an extra hour to avoid any more confrontation from angry protesters outside town hall. However, her strategy of using community engment to buy some goodwill that will lower down aggression among her audience ahe of rallies planned this weekend in le-up to October 1 celebrations of China's National Day, seems to disappoint her.  

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Willy Lam, an junct professor at Center for China Studies at Hong Kong's Chinese University stated that Carrie showed cour and sincerity, Although, willy is where related to Hong Kong leer. He also ded that She sat through more than two hours of humiliation and demonstrated at least willing to hear rically different views. She is an incredible person, brave eugh to face opposition but still, it's t good eugh. 

Hong Kong protests are in opposition to a proposed law that would have allowed some criminal suspects to be sent for trial on mainland, but has widened into an anti-government war spurred by widespre concern that Beijing has been eroding automy Hong Kong was promised when former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. 

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Carrie pledges to work to regain public trust 

During Town Hall session, Carrie pledged to work to regain public trust and shouldered responsibility for causing political havoc with extrition bill. However, she did t guarantee any concrete actions she will take apart from promises to listen and dress deep-seated societal woes such as a lack of affordable housing that government believes has contributed to protests. 

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Lam stood her ground against demands for an impartial inquiry into accusations of police brutality in opposition to protesters and unconditional release of greater than 1,500 human beings detained because protests commenced in June. She ditionally sidestepped calls for direct elections of city's leers.