Officials prepare for another round of protests targeting the Hong Kong airport as economic problems grow from the constant distruption
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Demonstrators stand on turnstiles during a protest at the Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong. Hong Kong riot police faced off with protesters occupying a suburban train station Wednesday evening following a commemoration of a violent attack there by masked assailants on supporters of the anti-government movement.
The Hong Kong carrier confirmed on Friday that Rebecca Sy, the head of Cathay Dragon’s Airlines Flight Attendants’ Association, was no longer with the company. Her departure follows the resignation of Cathay CEO Rupert Hogg last week. “Go to the airport by different means, including MTR, Airport Bus, Taxi, Bike and Private Car to increase pressure on airport transport,” they wrote online.
The demonstrations have plunged the Asian financial hub into its deepest crisis since its handover to Beijing in 1997 and pose one of the biggest challenges to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he took power in 2012. Corporates including the big banks and property developers have called for a restoration of law and order while exhibitors are seeing widespread cancellations of events.
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