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Hong Kong leader offers mea culpa, but no concessions

The result -- the first vote held since protests engulfed the city -- was a humiliating rebuke to Beijing and Lam. [AFP]

Hong Kong's deeply unpopular leader Carrie Lam acknowledged Tuesday that public dissatisfaction with her government fuelled a landslide win by pro-democracy candidates in local elections, but offered no new concessions to resolve months of violent protests.

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