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| Chaos as Hong Kong's Carrie Lam tries to give 'state of the union' | Chaos as Hong Kong's Carrie Lam tries to give 'state of the union' |
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| Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to suspended her annual policy address after being heckled in the city's parliament. | Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to suspended her annual policy address after being heckled in the city's parliament. |
| Opposition lawmakers disrupted the session by shouting and projecting slogans from the start of her speech. | |
| After a first interruption, the session briefly resumed to only be interrupted again. It was then adjourned a second time. | After a first interruption, the session briefly resumed to only be interrupted again. It was then adjourned a second time. |
| Hong Kong has experienced months of anti-government protests. | Hong Kong has experienced months of anti-government protests. |
| Parliament had resumed on Wednesday for the first time since it was stormed by protesters in July. | |
| The assembly was expected to officially withdraw the extradition bill that sparked the protests. | |
| As the city's chief executive was about to begin her speech, opposition lawmakers projected the slogan "Five demands - not one less" on the wall behind her. | |
| Since the protests began in June, they have widened from rallies against the extradition bill to five key demands - including universal suffrage. | |
| Ms Lam's interrupted speech came just hours after US lawmakers supported Hong Kong's protesters by passing a bill aimed at upholding human rights in the city. | |
| After the assembly was suspended a second time, the government said the speech would be delivered via video at 12.15pm [04:15 GMT] instead of live from the parliament chamber. | |
| What are the Hong Kong protests about? | |
| Hong Kong is part of China but, as a former British colony, it has some autonomy and people have more rights. | |
| The protests started in June against plans to allow extradition to the mainland - which many feared would undermine the city's freedoms and judicial independence. | |
| The bill was withdrawn in September but demonstrations continued. Demands have widened to include genuine universal suffrage and an inquiry into police behaviour. | |
| Protests have taken place every weekend over the past month and in every district, causing widespread disruption. | |
| Clashes between police and activists have become increasingly violent, with police firing live bullets and protesters attacking officers and throwing petrol bombs. |