More than 70 participants among the 150 randomly selected to engage in dialogue with Carrie Lam have entered the venue. Most of them are middle-aged residents, with a small number of young people https://sc.mp/ki3nr pic.twitter.com/l2bWPRyUcR
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More than 70 participants among the 150 randomly selected to engage in dialogue with Carrie Lam have entered the venue. Most of them are middle-aged residents, with a small number of young people https://sc.mp/ki3nr pic.twitter.com/l2bWPRyUcR
#LIVE: Lam has given her opening remarks. Welcoming participants, she says: "It's not easy to arrange dialogue with various sectors these days. Some people doubt the action and call it a PR show"http://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: The first dialogue attendee, a woman in her 20s, holds a prepared script while reading out her questions to Lam. She says getting a place at tonight's dialogue was so much easier than balloting for public housing in the cityhttp://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: Another attendee said: “In these few months, I have been gutted, not because some people vandalised police stations and MTR stations, but because police are twisting the truth, assaulting a person in a dark alley, then calling him a yellow object"http://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: A fifth speaker asked if the government can provide more transparency about the situation at San Uk Ling immigration clearance centre where hundreds of protesters arrested earlier have been detainedhttp://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: Another asked about recent electoral controversies in the city, specifically the disqualification of Agnes Chow Ting by a returning officer in the 2018 Legco by-election, which a court later declared was unlawfulhttp://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: The next speaker says he believes in the "one country, two systems" policy, but thinks trust in Hong Kong police is at an all-time low.
"Hong Kong was once known for its safety … Now we need checks and balances against police"http://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: Out of the first batch of six speakers, five of them have not minced words against the government, raising questions about police brutality and the fairness of the electoral systemhttp://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: Carrie Lam says she is deeply touched by what has been said. She reiterates she is aware that even people who did not have major issues with the government have lately become disgruntled.
Check out our live blog for more on her response:http://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: Another attendee blasted Lam. "This year is the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Why are you the only one not invited?," she asked. "It’s because you have angered everyone, even Xi Jinping is ashamed to be associated with you"http://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: "You were your school's top scorer, and may be a good administrator, but you are not a good chief executive," said a middle aged women. "Your earlier remarks that some protesters have no stake in society ... That really hurts"http://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: Among the five attendees in the second batch, three have mentioned calls for an independent inquiry and one chanted the slogan "five demands not one less"http://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: Protesters outside the stadium have reserved some seating outside the venue for the city's leader http://sc.mp/ki3nr pic.twitter.com/HWjZMvOb8I
#LIVE: One attendee noted no official has been held accountable for their poor performance and mistakes since June. "Will you scrap the political accountability system?" she asksedhttp://sc.mp/ki3nr
#LIVE: "Chinese history should be taught in primary and secondary schools while campuses should not be politicised," says a middle-aged woman.
She says she supports the anti-mask law because people should be held responsible for what they dohttp://sc.mp/ki3nr
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