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		</div><p>Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has insisted she has no plans to resign in the face of pro-democracy protests which have led to a general strike.</p>
<p>More than 100 flights have been cancelled and traffic has suffered major disruption during the strike in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.</p>
<p>Ms Lam said Hong Kong is on the verge of a “very dangerous situation”, adding that current protests are operating with “ulterior motives” that threaten the former British colony’s prosperity and security.</p>
<p>The chief executive of the Hong Kong legislature said: <em>“I don’t think at this point in time, resignation of myself or some of my colleagues would provide a better solution.”</em></p>
<p>Protesters snarled the morning rush hour by blocking train and platform doors, preventing subway and commuter rail services from leaving their stations.</p>
<p>After demonstrators in face masks refused to move from train entry points in several stations, commuters found themselves stranded on crowded platforms, with some requiring medical attention.</p>
<p>More than 100 flights have been cancelled out of Hong Kong after a large number of airport employees called in sick in apparent participation in the general strike, Hong Kong media reported.</p>
<p>Protesters snarled the morning rush hour by blocking train and platform doors, preventing subway and commuter rail services from leaving their stations.</p>
<p>After demonstrators in face masks refused to move from train entry points in several stations, commuters found themselves stranded on crowded platforms, with some requiring medical attention.</p>
<p>More than 100 flights have been cancelled out of Hong Kong after a large number of airport employees called in sick in apparent participation in the general strike, Hong Kong media reported.</p>
<p>The city-wide strike and demonstrations in seven Hong Kong districts moved forward on Monday following a weekend of clashes between protesters and riot police on the streets.</p>
<p>They are part of a summer of demonstrations that began in June against proposed extradition legislation that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China to stand trial.</p>
<p>While the government has since suspended the bill, protesters have pressed on with broader calls for democratic reforms and an investigation into alleged police brutality.</p>
<p>The Communist Party-led central government in Beijing has condemned what they call violent and radical protesters who have vandalised the Chinese national anthem and national flag on the sidelines of major rallies.</p>
<p>China has accused unnamed “foreign forces” of inflaming the demonstrations out of a desire to contain the country’s development.</p>
<p>On Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s daily noon news report, an anchor read aloud from a strongly-worded editorial entitled: <em>“The chaos in Hong Kong must not continue.”</em></p>
<p>The editorial said: <em>“We warn those maniacs and thugs who intend to continue to mess up Hong Kong by holding to a fantasy that you must pay a price for your savage revenge.</em></p>
<p><em>“So please become aware of your errors, turn back from your incorrect path and set down the butcher’s knives.”</em></p>
<p>The former British colony was returned to China in 1997 under the framework of “one country, two systems”, which promised the city certain democratic freedoms not afforded to the mainland.</p>
<p>But some Hong Kong residents feel that Beijing has been increasingly encroaching on their freedoms in recent years.</p>
<p>Claudia Mo, a pro-democracy legislator, said Beijing should consider engaging with protesters through Lam.</p>
<p><em>“We hope the learned people in Beijing would at least deliver some sincerity by suggesting via Carrie Lam: ‘Okay, you guys want democracy, perhaps we can talk,&#8217;”</em> Ms Mo said.</p>
<p><em>“We can talk – just three words. And maybe that can help appease the society.”</em></p>
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