Citing Coronavirus, Hong Kong Postpones Legislative Elections for a Year
HONG KONG—Chief Government Carrie Lam reported she would postpone coming legislative elections for a calendar year, citing a latest surge in coronavirus instances, in a go probable to fuel global furor about the city’s quickly-diminishing political freedoms.
The city’s top area official instructed reporters that soon after recording additional than a hundred new infections daily for 10 straight times, Hong Kong faced a dire overall health condition. She cited hazards of spreading the ailment if 4.4 million voters turned out and reported persons stranded across the mainland Chinese…
