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| Hong Kong government 'ready for talks' with protesters | |
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| Hong Kong's government is ready for new talks with student protesters next week, its chief executive has said. | |
| CY Leung was speaking after scuffles between protesters and police continued for a second night on a major road near government buildings. | |
| He said officials had been negotiating with students via mediators this week. | |
| The protests were sparked by a Chinese government ruling that limits who can stand as a candidate in Hong Kong's leadership elections in 2017. | |
| The demonstrations are in their third week, with protesters occupying key parts of the city to try to pressure the authorities to implement greater political reforms, including fully free elections. | |
| Thousands of people took to the streets at the beginning of the demonstrations but the numbers have dwindled in recent days. | |
| "Over the last few days, including this morning through third parties, we expressed a wish to the students that we would like to start a dialogue to discuss universal suffrage as soon as we can and hopefully within the following week," Mr Leung told reporters. | |
| He said that the authorities would continue to restore order in Hong Kong in accordance with its laws "as quickly as we can", including the normalisation of traffic. | |
| Chief Secretary Carrie Lam cancelled scheduled talks with student leaders last week, saying it was impossible to have constructive dialogue with them. |