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Hong Kong students, officials talk but don't agree

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong student leaders and government officials talked but agreed on little Tuesday as the city's Beijing-backed leader reaffirmed his unwillingness to compromise on the key demand of activists camped in the streets now for a fourth week. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying told reporters that the government won't let the public nominate candidates to run in inaugural direct elections to succeed him in 2017, as demanded by thousands of protesters occupying main streets across the city. Soon after Leung spoke to The Associated Press and three other news agencies, top officials from his government began much-awaited, televised talks with student leaders. In opening remarks, student leader Alex Chow said that an August decision by China's legislature ruling out so-called civil nomination and requiring the nominating committee has "emasculated" Hong Kong. Chow and four other student leaders, wearing black T-shirts that said "Freedom Now!," faced off against five senior government officials in dark suits across a U-shaped table. Leung's remarks to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times underlined how protesters' concerns have been fueled by discontent over soaring inequality in the former British colony. Thousands of people intently watched the meeting on giant screens in the main protest area in Admiralty, on a highway next to city government headquarters.

 

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