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Hong Kong leader says city on brink, protesters cause travel chaos

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters are close to creating a "very dangerous situation"

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters are close to creating a "very dangerous situation", the city's leader warned Monday as train travel and international flights in the global financial hub were thrown into chaos.

The efforts to lock down Hong Kong's transport sector on Monday were part of a rare general strike, which the protesters pushed to emphasise they still had broad public support following two months of increasingly violent unrest.

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