Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government had no plans at present to use colonial-era emergency powers to introduce more new laws, after a long weekend of violent
protests saw widespread defiance of a ban on face masks.
Speaking at a weekly news conference, Lam warned that Hong Kong's
economy was suffering badly due four months of often violent protests.
Despite the regular clashes between
protesters and
police - and the first interaction between Chinese troops stationed in the territory and demonstrators - Lam said Hong Kong was equipped to handle the situation on its own.