Trashed Hong Kong legislature out of action for two weeks because of damage caused by protesters, says council president Andrew Leung
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Hong Kong’s trashed legislative headquarters will be out of action for the next two weeks with all meetings cancelled as violent protests drew renewed global attention to political unrest in the city.
Legislative Council president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, expressing his sadness and deep regret over the incursion, said on Tuesday the building’s entrance, meeting facilities and security system were vandalised during the incident, with crucial infrastructure brought down.
While the government’s headquarters were also temporarily closed for security reasons, forcing thousands of civil servants to work elsewhere, the Executive Council’s weekly meeting – which had been cancelled for the past two weeks – went ahead but at Government House.
Situated next to government headquarters, metal barricades, helmets, umbrellas, placards, broken glass and other rubbish, were strewn across the complex, while most of its metal fence had been ripped away.
After inspecting the Legco building for about an hour on Tuesday morning, Leung said a full restoration would take a long time to complete.
