Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is set to formally withdraw the extradition bill that has sparked the nearly three-month old protests, the South China Morning Post reported, citing unnamed sources.
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Reuters Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is set to formally withdraw the extradition bill that has sparked the nearly three-month old protests, the South China Morning Post reported, citing unnamed sources.
Lam had previously suspended the bill.
The report said that the government will have acceded to one of five demands of the protesters.
The Hang Seng HSI, +3.83% surged 3.8% on Wednesday.
The office of lawmaker Michael Tien confirmed a meeting with Lam was taking place at 4 p.m. Wednesday but his office didn’t have details of the agenda, the Associated Press reported.
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