Hong Kong unrest hits 6-month milestone, protesters' demands see little response from government

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Approval of the city's leader Carrie Lam has plunged in the past six months. Hong Kong now expects its economy to contract 2.9% this year and there's no sign that the protests will end any time soon.

Demonstrators have been locked in a stalemate with the local government since early June in protests initially sparked by a bill that would have enabled extradition to mainland China.

The unrest adds further pressure on Hong Kong's economy, already hit by global uncertainty amid the U.S.-China trade war. Demonstrators have been locked in a stalemate with the local government since early June amid protests initially sparked by a bill that would have enabled extradition to mainland China. On June 9, a million people marched through the financial center to demonstrate their opposition. Approximately 2 million people marched in protest a week later.

Government opposition was fueled by anger with police conduct as well as how Lam's administration dealt with the protests, Ma Ngok, associate professor in the department of government and public administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, told CNBC.

 

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Fight4HongKong And sh is STILL not wiling to step down!!!!! 😤 The longer she’s around, the more chaos she will create. 😡 Yet, she still think she is an A+ student 🤦🏻‍♀️ What a joke! It is so embarrassed to have such incapable 👩🏽 to run the office.

G_Jin_orz Her rating will continually drop after assigning gov’t positions to the failed pro-China councillors from previous district election

may hell reserve a place for her antichinazi

In an interview, Carrie Lam mentioned shes the champion in study life including university, hows the feeling as she got lower than 20 as 🇭🇰 leaders?

This is why we insist hongkong need universal suffrage since she answers no one but CCP only.

Both HKSAR govt and HKPolice are not popular (to be exact, they are hated) and their performance are extremely poor (Zero!)

She didn’t yield to peaceful protest nor escalated situations as she only yield to her master CCP, she is not voted by HongKongers. She denied our demands as one of it is universal suffrage and she know she would not have a chance to win the seat. 5DemandsNot1Less

Clearly CNBC has been sleeping under a rock. Lam is not only unpopular in HK, but has become public enemy 1. Escalating violence on the part of the CCP directed HK Police should be the 1 determinant in the decline in consumers' desire to spend.

Shame on Carrie Lam, who should step down!

This chart perfectly describe Carrie Lam’s ability on handling HK issues.

None of HKers cared what CE said. Carrie Lam is a main reason to escalate violence. She and her government team should be stepped down.

CarrieLam are not listening HKers' opinion and she thinks the unrest will settle as time passes by. However, HKers will persist until FiveDemandsNotOneLess . StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom

She just doesn’t care her popularity bcos her bosses and her votes are in China. She doesn’t give a damn to HK people

No more people support government

Sometimes I asked God what did we do to deserve such a leader. God, please just tell me and I will never ever do that again🙈 FiveDemandsNotOneLess

Carrie Lam is now planning to deceive the public by setting up a “Independent Review Committee” which lacks independence, integrity and legal enforceability. We will not be fooled. FiveDemandsNotOneLess HongKong HumanRightsDay

Carrie Lam, the one who always be the No.1, including negative rating. 🙃 FreeHongKong 5DemandsNot1Less HKHumanRightsandDemocracyAct

The only one thing that CarrieLam is so good at - pretending nothing goes wrong. Her rule is so ridiculous to a point that sometimes it's kinda funny to look at. After all, she's just a clown, or more accurately a puppet of Beijing. What can you expect, right?

So what? Even if she is a murderer, she can sit on the chair backed by CCP

HK leader? or said as Beijing Puppet shall be better. This statistic shows the angry of HongKongers to Beijing and CCPChina antichinazi

Even the result of our HongKongPolice have a drastic drop lol PoliceState PoliceBrutality SOSHK

How can a leader still remains in the position when the support rating is so low? Only when that leader is dictator can do so.

All the decisions made by Carrie Lam's govt have been proved wrong and have made matters worse. StandWithHongKong

Carrie Lam, the chief executive, described demonstrators as “enemies of the people”! HKprotests soshk hongkongpoliceterrorism

CarrieLam is stand for CCP China. The HongKong Government sold the HongKonger to china. StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom SOSHK

Yes. I don’t think she will care her popularity. If she does, she will not still ignore the 5 demands.

Could anybody imagine a leader with such low popularity still decline to step down? What's that in her mind?

No one wants Carrie Lam as leader anymore. She even announced that she will put those voted out by people into govt newly created position soon. StandWithHongKong

Is CarrieLam decision right or wrong? The past six months have fully demonstrated the acceptance of the public? FightForFreedom StandWithHongKong

She would not have lasted a second if Hong Kong was a democratic society! It's frustrating to have such a 'leader' who has literally no shame.

CarrieLam make the decision which obeys CCPChina . HongKong citizens feel worry. 5DemandsNot1Less

The statistics shows every Hong Kong leader generally gets lower ratings when they are in office for longer time. In particular, the rating of Carrie Lam plunge, which hits the lowest point of hers and among all leaders at the 29 month in office. She should better resign.

I don’t think she cares lol She doesn’t give a shit about what her people in Hong Kong think.. Carrie Lam has no shame

Maggie86517535 I am surprised she still has a 20% score.

Genuine Universal Suffrage! hkprotest

Hongkongers would not accept a leader persecuting intellectuals under China's interference. Such puppet must go. Civilians demand universal suffrage, choosing a leader genuinely serving the people. 5DemandsNot1Less FightForFreedom StandwithHongKong

It would be sub-zero if the scale allows.

I am sure that it ll keep dropping

I think she can get even lower in the future. HongKongProtests

Carrie Lam is such a liar who has been burying her head in the sands in the past 6 months. What Hong Kong people want is always crystal clear: 5DemandsNot1Less

Her speech is meaningless. Her administration can’t listen to any voice of HongKong from the very first date as she was not elected by HKers

And our Hong Kong’s leader can definitely feel nothing on those figures as she can nothing from June. How ridiculous it is! And how poor that woman is Hong Kong leader....

PoliceBrutality is still happening everyday in HongKong. Dear World, please voice for HongKong

5DemandsNot1Less. Thats what hongkongers have been asked for.

No one in Hong Kong support ms Lam. Only dictatorship CCP. Since CCP wants to control ms Lam and destroy Hong Kong democracy

She is really amazing, recently apologised to those losers in the district election and guaranteed to appoint positions in official government groups. This is HongKong nowadays.

Carrie Lam step down!!!!

She did not even answer to peaceful protestor either! She, as a puppet, cannot answer ! SOSHK

thats why we are demanding for universal suffrage. When CE is appointed by CCP, she is only responsive to her boss but not the citizens who she should serve for.

She never admits that she is wrong.

CarrieLam didn’t wanna listen the voice form HongKonger. She is hearing the voice form CCP and Police only.

The majority has spoken since June but tyranny remains its totalitarianism. That's why we call for universal suffrage. We want a responsible government. 5DemandsNot1Less StandwithHongKong

Carrie Lam & her government team, including Hkpolice , are shameless enough to disregard their downhill popularity, and even claimed the results are fraudulent🙄 Hong Kong people have no high hope for them at all! StandWithHongKong HongKongProtests 5DemandsNot1Less

Great chart. This shows how shameless Carrie Lam is.

Leaders in democratic countries will stand aside with popularity like her. That's why HongKongers continue to fight for democracy that we deserve.

Under 20% supporting rate......leader?! She is the source of violence!

It is conjectured that she has an anti-social personality: She just lacks the capacity to sympathize others. That is, she can't feel others' anger towards her.

In any other civilized country, Carrie Lam would be long gone. The only reason she is still hitting here is becoz her Puppet masters made her to do so. StandWithHongKong

Hongkongese have never chosen BloodyCarrie as our CE. She is a puppet of Chinazi!

Puppet Carrie Lam would not do anything no matter how low is her popularity! It’s the CCP who insists on the tough control over HK

Escalating the violent oppression is not gonna make us giving in!

She only cares about her master in Beijing, not what HongKongers think. That's why we must have genuine universal suffrage to pick our leader. 5DemandsNot1Less

Carrie Lam has no political energy and is just a puppet of the Chinese communist party. Even pro-government people do not like her. She has no friends indeed.

you'd better prepare the -ve scale

That's because there's no universal suffrage in HongKong. The chief executives are the ones that represent China's interest but not the people's. Only when there is democracy we can avoid a person with approval rate 20% to be our CE. FreeHongKong

The landslide victory of pro-democracy camp is a proof of mainstream opinion, the majority of Hong Kong people are in favour of a democratic system! The oppressive govt has already lost its legitimacy! StandWithHongKong WednesdayWisdom

Who come it still has 20%

Great infographic summarizing how unpopular Carrie Lam and her authoritarian government are. FightForFreedomStandWithHongKong

Gov not listening to people will fall at the end

not surprising, but don't think she care at all, she need only one vote from CCP. ...and that's why we ask for universal suffrage, so that the CE need to face it's people

Carrie Lam is only a Beijing puppet! Nothing she can promise!

as expected. StandWithHongKong

Both the CCP-🇨🇳 & its puppet HKGov are liars 🤥! Statistics and opinion polls help to debunk their blatant lies. Think TWICE before signing any agreements with them! They will either violate their promises, or regrading the legal agreements as invalid historical documents.

Escalating violence? Is it HKPoliceBrutality ? In HKPoliceState, CarrieLam doesn't have to response to any demands from the people.

She didn’t respond demands even it was done in peaceful manners. CarrieLam just wanna try to fool people with excuses

Fight4HongKong She is not a leader, she is merely a puppet of CCP with no moral integrity💩

axe, gun ,and other weapon can't make hongkonger give up too😠😠freehongkong

You guys might have to change the world record, Carrie Lam is about to make history to be the first 0 reputation “leader”. StandWithHongKong

It's nice for her that she still got +ve rating...

Fight4HongKong Universal suffrage is the only solution. StandwithHongKong HongKongPoliceState

Of course she wouldn’t yield as HKGov is a puppet administration of CCP China, and will only do whatever Daddy Xi allows it to. The root of the problem is the totalitarian CCP regime behind which is controlling HK, obviously violating the “1 country 2 systems” they promised!

To be clear, what protesters require are what hk govt should do Is independent investigation not suitable? StandWithHongKong HongKongProtests

Because she just a puppet and liar under ccp control

As it should be, the govt has not been held accountable or tried to alleviate the problem at hand

Police 's escalating brutality would not force protesters to yield to the puppet govt, either. How come a govt leader with no legitimacy and public support can speak like this? Shame on Carrie Lam.

Carrie Lam just denied to admit she did wrongly The whole world is telling HKGov escalating the oppression cannot relive the problem, but she just insist to continue the faults She is either brainwashed by CCP or she's just a psychopath 🙄

Hong Kong's leader has insisted that escalating violence would not force her administration to yield to protester demands

Carrie Lam still ignore ppl voice and say they are Non-mainstream opinion. Even if we won the election, 2 million, 1.7 million, 800,000 rally,( accounting for 1/4 of Hong Kong's total population), she still ignore with HKPoliceBrutality StandWithHongKong

Not only violence! She/Beijing want to defame HK protestors. HongKongers did everything we could but she never responses our demands. HongKongProtests

But CarrieLam is still the Chief Executive of HongKong. Ridiculous !

Carrie Lam has no right to make any decision. She is controlled by the Beijing regime. Autonomy is a joke! StandwithHongKong HongKong

She is unwanted. She should step down for the sake of Hongkong.

So sad that Hongkongers have to be ruled by such a 'Chief Executive'... She never stands with Hongkongers...

fktws more than 80% people hopes her to step down according to the most recent poll. It's a miracle she is still firm in power. Root problem is the unconditional support from CCP.

Accountability is only a piece of historic paper now in Hongkong. But it's no different for who is leading until we can have a fair vote for our leader! Be responsible for the people but not the CCP!

And this how discontented, if not furious, with her unresponsiveness. FightForFreedom StandWithHongKong 5DemandsNot1Less

CarrieLam: I won't fulfill protesters' demands, no matter how necessary, how justified.

Fight4HongKong She’s the ONE to blame for!!!

I am surprised she got positive scores. HongKongProtests StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom

How dialogue would take place in her mind. bloodycarrie

Her poor judgement and overall bad management is the major reason for the current situation in Hong Kong.

To be honest, she doesn’t care about the rating cos she is just a puppet

In other democratic countries, people like her would be out at the beginning of this movement!

InsiderJoke: CarrieLam once said, when mainstream opinion is against her, she would resign Also CarrieLam: Protesters are 'enemy of the people' even tho the majority apparently support the protesters HongKong HongKongProtests SOSHK

She should have stepped down after the first 1 million ppl march. She has no legitimacy whatsoever other than being Beijing’s puppet

This is like, my way of Highway. No room for negotiation. CondemnHKPolice StandWithHongKong

It’s surprising that she still managed to get some points. She keeps mentioning the “escalating violence” from hkprotester side, yet turns a blind eye to HKPoliceBrutality. Maybe the only make safe from those police supporters i.e. those who are cold blooded stone-hearted

She just a puppet for CCPChina , the popularity is nothing for her !

Lam is not listening to the people at all. She is not serving the public but only China. The only way to solve this is universal suffrage.

The popularity got worsen whenever a new leader was on board. It may due to the more intervention the CCP exerted. HumanRightsDay

She never face her mistake but swip e and blame the innocent......

She is liar

She simply does not learn the lesson

HKHotL Wow. Carrie lam is not solve problem in this 5 months and she make many problem for hong kong. carrielam hongkong

Idiot CarrieLam should be kicked out of her seat in whatever country or territory HongKongProtests

And she still insist to make the people her enemy! The current system can't hold her responsible for her decision, free world please pass the MagnitskyAct to do so. FightForFreedom StandWithHongKong HumanRightsDay

We DO NOT take tear gas and police brutality as an answer to our five demands. StandWithHongKong HumanRightsDay2019 HumanRightsDay

CarrieLam is controlled by CCP only, she will not care her popularity

How shameful Carrie Lam is, she should stepped down for long!

It’s not surprising. I am surprised that she still gets some points from the research. See what she have done to hk over past six months. HKPoliceBrutality hkprotesters anticcp StandwithHK CarrieLam HKHumanRightsandDemocracyAct

She cannot resign of not approved by CCP

If HongKong has democracy, CarrieLam will no longer be our leader😡 5DemandsNot1Less StandWithHongKong

Such a leader would have been stwpped down already. How shameful CarrieLam, the CE of Hong Kong

Please see how the govt and Carrie Lam unrepresentative and irresponsible! She is arranging those Pro Beijing people who lost the DC elections working in Govt. This is ridiculous and against the will of Hong Kong ppl!

Carrie Lam is a LIAR, not Leader.

It's has become something to do on a Sunday afternoon.

Stand with Hong Kong

What did they really expect? 😂😂

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