Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam on Friday ruled out concessions to "silence the violent protesters", as pro-democracy activists who have staged months of demonstrations rallied at the city's airport.
Lam, whose support for a bill to allow extradition to mainland
China sparked the unrest, said the economic impact threatened to be worse than the 2003 SARS outbreak or the 2008 financial crash for the city.
Protesters have staged almost daily rallies and faced increasingly violent confrontations with
police, prompting several countries to issue Hong Kong travel warnings for their citizens.