is a democracy and there is universal suffrage in hong kong for the people of hong kong for the district council elections therefore the fact that the election results are such speak loudly for the favor of hong kong has democratic rights people can vote whatever they want to do for the results speak for themselves because none of the persons are running for the described district council had a in the courage to stand out for violence they stood for legal and lawful means of exercising their democratic rights i think that counts so so long as democracy. exercised the peacefully and lawfully everyone is a winner no one is a loser what we need to the popes in hong kong is violet's you that is the key you ignore the fact that china's plan has been to chip away at hong kong's freedoms and democracy and so they were all meaningless and then beijing reassert full control in that that's been the plan hasn't it all wrong again with due respect i disagree why should beijing of the central government in hong kong. take away any liberties or freedoms in hong kong with a deal they did mr y

early june the masses were demanding the withdrawal of an extradition bill which would have allowed hong kong to deport criminal suspects to china the. the outrage over the proposal took lawmakers completely by surprise. kong kongs pro chinese chief executive carrie lamb seen here at her inauguration 2 years ago in beijing underestimated the extent of the citizens anger for far too long. the people's wrath grew ever more threatening with each confrontation between activists and the police. and the angry citizens of hong kong feared that the law would expose them to china's arbitrary legal system. as carrie lamb retracted the controversial bill at 1st reluctantly but then more resolutely she had long lost control of the situation. carlos and often this is going to withdraw the bill from the protests because a lot of people have said that the focus off the protests for this shift from the bill to the police has been doing in hong kong and a lot of people are not happy with what the police has been doing. tony chung is a reporter at the south china morning post his specialization is relations be

but it's failed to do it in hong kong the hong kong has a different ever since 9097 we're told this part of china that china has practiced a one country 2 systems so in high. the primary responsibility of maintaining law and order is resting on the shoulders of the whole cot he said our government and the chief executive carried the hong kong government that's approved by beijing absolutely hong kong is part of china and one of the one percent is doing beijing's business not doing it is not doing it very well is it it's failed it's failed to keep the hated extradition law didn't it was forced to withdraw that it tried threats calling the demonstrators rampant in the range them warning that a blow from the sort of law was waiting for them in the future. these threats. well i think there are china not understand what it's dealing with because i think there are many different ways to look at what's happening in hong kong i would say the primary situation right now is law enforcement we are talking about a restoration of law and order in hong kong and democracy of course when the british lef

there is less optimism in hong kong. the financial secretary said the economy is set to end the year in contraction as months of protests take their toll. there is course for massive evacuations in australia as wildfires continue to burn amid a heatwave. shery: starting with breaking news out of south korea, we are getting industrial reduction numbers for november, contracting .5% is missing esti. it was expected to stay flat. it is a stabilization after a fall of 1.7%. the previous number for october was revised higher, contraction of 1.6%. we are talking about a contraction of 0.3% year on year, a stabilization from the decline of 2% in the previous months. we have seen some signs of stabilization in the wider region and china's industrial profits showing a rebound of 5%. more signs we could see stabilization in the region. up for then exports first 20 days of the month contracting 2% year on year. this coming after double-digit declines in the past six months. industal production, month on month by half of 1%, missing

we will have more on the unrest in hong kong ahead. activist investor david webb will be here later this hour. o memberong kong legc michael chen joins us. paul: this week may set the tone for emerging markets heading into 2020. we will have more on that. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ this is "daybreak: asia." i'm paul allen in sydney. kathleen: i'm kathleen hays in new york. another busy week for global economic data. in addition to potential tariff increases, investors will be looking at signals from the last fed decision for the year. from chinese inflation data -- margaret. now is as we step back, fed is going to meet. they probably are done cutting rates. ecb's going to meet. maybe they cannot do more. with so much going on in the world, is this a pivotal week for emerging markets? margaret: good morning, yes. this is -- this is going to be a busy week for asian markets. sorry, i'm hearing my own voice as well, so it's a bit disturbing. kathleen: let's see if we can get that fixed. i've had that happen. it is definitely

boosting the hong kong dollar. futures, looking at a little bit of an uptick in singapore. could raise the quarter-point drop back we saw monday. looking at the rupee, pretty much where it was before. a slight appreciation of the dollar taking place. we had wholesale prices out of india yesterday, which were growing at a weaker peso the economists had predicted. there was a feeling out there and some verbiage coming out that the reserve bank is ready-to-eat's policy once again, even though they sat on against alast time body that told us they would be cutting, pretty much unmoved, 6.8 percent. that is where we find ourselves in the run-up to the indian open sour. let's get to the first word news with su keenan in new york. su: we will start with the clashes erecting in beirut. this happened for a third straight night monday as talks with the new prime minister were postponed. the president cancel consultation with political groups after the only declared candidate failed to win the backing among a worsening crisis.

go viewed in hong kong. while from hong kong perspective the people in macau are always perceived as more obedience to beijing partly because half of his population migrated from china and it has a we can. t. end choosing penis remarks is widely seen as a rebuke and are even a lecture to hong kong current political turmoil that he mentioned are praise the hong kong people over there a strong sense of national identity specially these so called patriotic education that they have implemented over the last 2 decades and on the same day right after she remarks the hong kong government has announced some kind of a new measures that they're going to suspend the duties of the t. shirt if they got arrested or are they called off file complaints so this is perceived as something that the education bureau is going to tighten measures to be the education sector and this is exactly what beijing things hong kong and tribute to the current political crisis so called peephole they think in maybe a handful of beijing the wa

al-jazeera sandrine brown reporting live from hong kong adrian many thanks. india's capital has killed at least 43 people it tore through one of the oldest markets a factory where some of new delhi's poorest residents were sleeping it's the worst fire in the city in more than 2 decades. a home a drip orts. the blaze broke out while many were still asleep in monday in the old quarter of delhi many were suffocated by smoke as they slept. police and firefighters try to save dozens of factory workers but for some it was already too late crowds gathered watching as the smoke rose from the multi-story building and connecting sites. some people were sleeping in the factory and they didn't wake up it was a short circuit there was a fire and 2 buildings with a common staircase. people were taken to hospital in any way possible before ambulances arrived at the scene. the factory is close to one of the city's largest markets the narrow streets made it more difficult for emergency services to fight the fire and reach the injured. we have rescued 52 people so far we got a

news asia coming up supporting the troops in hong kong how a team of volunteers keep the supplies flowing for protesters who hit the streets month after month. and a heated debate in india's parliament as politicians began discussion over a new citizenship amendment bill that would exclude muslims. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us turnout continues to trump expectations in hong kong as hundreds of thousands of people showed up for a largely peaceful protest 6 months into the movement the past couple of weeks had been relatively quiet in the territory and some pro democrats themselves even wondered if momentum had slowed but the message those who took to the streets sent is that they are not going away now a lot of those out there on the front lines are young teenagers or college students some have gone out week after week despite parental disapproval others have done so only to lose their jobs g.w. shot tells until takes a look at how these frontline years receive support behind the scenes faces hidden location concealed only then with these hong kong entrepr

there are many christians in hong kong. i preached in hong kong. of wonderful churches that are there. these people are very, i mean, they have been persecuted. we see this persecution taking place in many areas of china and we just need to pray that god will give wisdom to the leaderships in beijing. the bible tells us to pray for those in authority, whether our president or those in authority in china. we're commanded by god to pray. david: there have been attempts to make deals. we're trying to make a trade deal with the communist government of china right now, a very important one. it's a huge country. the catholic church though has made some deals with the communist government that have not turned out too well. in fact they gave the communist government authority to play a part in choosing of cath lech -- cath bishops on the chinese main land. they feel that this was a sellout to the communist government. is there any deal you can make with a communist government that uses repression as a form of politics? >> that is a tough question. we make

to a normal situation. >> the leader of hong kong speaking earlier today.o get more reaction from china, let's bring in our beijing correspondent. protests,months of historically low approval ratings, she still has beijing's backing. how is that? absbsolutely. the president praised the leader for her courage in the face of adversitity. it is impoportant to note that i jinping is the one that chose leader ofof to be the hong kong g and going bacack ont dedecision would be showing weakness, showing fallibility. that is one reason. the orders for carrie lam were very clear, please end the violence and restore ordrder in hong kong. over the course e of the last to or three weeks, it has been n a relative return to calm despitie the clashes we have seen in n hg kong on the night ofof sunday. itit is important to show the appearance of stability and continuity in the face of adversity and chaos. is a mission from theing that t the position of chief executive of hong kong dodoes not h hold that much powr leeway a and whether it is carre lam oror someone else, they

david: it is a downbeat and to the year for hong kong -- end to the year for hong kong.uarter. selina: tesla charging of its expansion plans, and we will assess the impact on the saturated ev market. ♪ david: welcome to the program. a quick market check, chinese markets have been running 30 minutes. as for his volumes are concerned, when it comes to the csi 300, volumes are quite heavy. we are on track for 15 billion shares. 50% heavieres are than usual -- currently 15% heavier than usual for volumes. the hang seng index, that is the sixth or seventh best-performing index of globally so far. the hong kong dollar is on track for the strongest all -- strong response. -- tongass month -- strongest month. a bit later on

breaks down washington's approach to both hong kong but if it. sticks stones on the road can bones amidst the increasing violence hong kong took the weekend off to head to the polls and the results were overwhelming a landslide victory for those who have made it their mission to wrest themselves from beijing's grip a victory apparently not just for the city but for the whole walled those desperate since china have finally been put in their place communist china should take a close look and reconsider their current point. or tanami in human rights belong to hong kong the monumental defeat of bric communist china lawmakers sends a powerful message to beijing keep your 3rd terran regime on the mainland so they say beijing needs to keep it all for tarion tendencies out of hong kong others the same tendencies that saw an armed policeman industriously tidying up rubbish after another night of flames and fury all the ones that saw almost $3000000.00 people free me cost the votes and what was a rack or turnout of over 71 percent or maybe those that led b

being viewed as a rebuke to pro-democracy activists in hong kong who have been staging protests in the city for more than 6 months now on kong like marco also comes another one country 2 systems form of government but that's where the similarities end with just one hour ferry ride separating aboard these places marco has proved to be more receptive to chinese than hong kong. for china it's time to embrace macau more than ever and like its rebellious brother hong kong the city has displayed much more obedience to beijing 20 years after being handed over from political for the anniversary is more than just a celebration it's also a chance for beijing to emphasize sovereignty over both former colonies or to. sense hong kong and macau retired to the motherland dealing with these 2 special administrative region is entirely china's entero affairs are none of the business of foreign forces. but she has little to worry about in macau beijing has already firmly established as power there while protests continue in hong kong just across the bay in macau piece compared to a sibling macau as much

paul: that was rosalind chin in hong kong. president trump is facing criticism from what the opponents. complaint triggered the congressional inquiry that resulted in his impeachment this month. let's get the details on this from rust resume. what do we know about why the president decided to name the alleged whistleblower -- whistleblower? >> it seems like something president trump has been warming up to over the last several months. he has tweeted about it whistleblower dozens of times, maybe 100 times just in the last few days. to aursday he had a link conservative new site. if somebody click on the story -- clicked on this story that he linked to, it would have said the whistleblower name. he goes that he deserves to meet this man or woman and has set out to discredit the alleged whistleblower. it seems like he is still angry about the role that this person played in his impeachment and unmask them.o >> is this even legal? >> that is a good question. believe the trump broke not one but two laws. one of the key jobs of the

eson‘s team is in downtown hong kong.holding territory from the police while eson‘s team is in downtown hong kong. they are holding territory from the police while the demonstrators march past. the black flag is the police‘s warning they are about to use tear gas. and in response, the protesters light their barricades. it's notjust the politically active out on the streets. holly is a professional nurse, and four months, she has been holly is a professional nurse, and for months, she has been supporting the protesters after her long shifts at the hospital. holly is one of many dedicated first aid volunteers who come out on a regular basis. violence has been steadily on the increase. police regularly deploying rubber bullets and tear gas, resorting to brutal violence on empty undergrounds. protesters storming buildings and taking on the police on the streets. meanwhile, the authorities have been slow to respond to the protesters demands, preferring to condemn their actions. violence is not a solution to any problem. violen

are you focused on those protests in hong kong?e a potential opportunity given the valuations are looking attractive to some in that market, or is there a potential that this is a systemic risk? >> you know, i think that is mainly an internal issue within china. , the long-term narrative, which has been happening for well over a decade, is opening up agenda of the china renminbi and local capital markets to the rest of the world. i think if you want to call that making hong kong less important as an entryway in and out of china. our offices are in shanghai, and we do that because i think, going forward, shenzhen, shanghai and beijing to a lesser extent, are really important cities in their own right for the capital markets in china. >> are you still seeing demand in terms of inflows into your china etf's from, for example, u.s. investors? >> ok. let me say it, no. let me be very clear, the headlines, the trade war, everything going on has basically put americans on their heels as far as investing in china. there are certainly inves

i was there is a dream brown reporting live there from hong kong adrian many thanks the u.s. is widening its investigation into the attack at a naval base in florida on friday saudi national mohammad saeed ronnie shot dead 3 students at an aviation school 10 saudi citizens are now being questioned about the shooting the u.s. defense secretary says though it's too early to call it an act of terrorism. of course we extend our condolences to all the families affected by it and touched by it and our military community downer but no like i can't say it's terrorism at this time i think we need to let the investigators the f.b.i. do its work and tell us give us the facts and we'll move up from there. u.s. president on the trump says that saudi arabia is deeply concerned about the attack i spoke with the king of saudi arabia. they are devastated and study arabia with finding out what took place whether it's one person or a number of people and the king will be involved in taking care of family and loved ones feel very strongly very very devastated by what happened what took place. no

shery: breaking news, hong kong seen sevenit has hong kong air lines and jets. airlines has been struggling before the antigovernment protests. now we are hearing the airport authority of hong kong has grounded seven aircraft from this embattled carrier, hong kong airlines, to protect their financial interests. the carrier continues to see headwinds, given the anti-beijing protests that have been ongoing in hong kong the past seven months. hong kong airport authority saying they have seen seven hong kong airline planes. let's get the first word headlines. xichinese president reaffirmed support for carrie lam, saying they have faced and mostmmest complicated situation returning to chinese rule. she says they will work together to put developments back on the right path, as lam made her annual visit to beijing. >> they said this is unprecedented. what we are facing is a situation which has never happened in hong kong after reunification. severity of the situation and the difficulties we are facing, i can say the leaders fully appreciate the effort needed to achiev

outlook for hong kong -- immediate term outlook for hong kong and the region continues to be positive "bloomberg best." we hope you have enjoyed these conversations from bloomberg television's coverage of business, finance and politics in asia during 2019. we look forward to bringing you more news, analysis and interviews in the year ahead. thanks for watching. i am juliette saly. this is bloomberg. ♪ here, it all starts with a simple... hello! hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. ♪ taylor: i'm taylor riggs in for emily chang and this is the "best of bloomberg: technology." where we bring you all of our top interviews from this week in tech. coming up, tesla's turnaround. at least one analyst says it looks incredible. we hear about a guest who raised his price target to 370. plus, 2020 picks. cove

her night at hong kong's unfortunate economic situation he said that china has now said that hong kong is not out of the start of the hong kong is not out of its financial dilemmas yet but says the county facing unprecedented and challenging times but we expect kerry lamb to update the all of us tomorrow which is choose day when she does potentially a briefing on the visit to beijing. thank you for that sarah clarke in hong kong. 2 other news in these 4 people were killed in sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern philippines rescuers are searching for survivors after the magnitude 6.9 quake hit the island of mindanao the region still recovering from a series of earthquakes in october jamila island is in doubt where family members of the missing are still waiting for news. we're in the town of god that involve all those sore one of the areas bearing the brunt of the earthquakes devastation we are right in front of what used to be a 3 story building now this is what's left of it this was a grocery mart where people used to go to to buy their provisions both the time and their offic

thousands of hong kong citizens take to the streets with american flags of the u.s. president signs bills supporting protesters in the region store and more after this break. the world is driven by a dream shaped by the person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race based on off and spearing dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. welcome back to the weekly thousands in hong kong are celebrating and waving american flags after donald trump signed bills backing the protesters in the region china though some on the u.s. ambassador in response beijing bills amount to interference and threatened washington with consequences. move on. the u.s. has been disregarding the facts and distorting the truth openly backed violent criminals who rampantly smash the city's started fires which assaulted innocent civilians trample on the rule of law and jeopardized the social ord

was i out in force hundreds of thousands of people rally in hong kong to mark 6 months of protests calling for greater democracy. a lot has i'm sick of this is as you see a live from davos a coming up. more than 40 people have died in a massive fire in one of the oldest markets in new delhi. an exclusive report from iraq where speaks with protesters who say they've been tortured by security forces . africa's largest lake is drying up threatening to devastate entire communities by generations to come. but a protest leaders in hong kong say 800000 people turned out for a mass march through the city on sunday they're demanding greater protection of their democratic freedoms and human rights it is the culmination of 6 months of protests even though police approved the event they warned they would not tolerate a repeat of recent violent protests earlier they said they confiscated a handgun and ammunition in raids that resulted in several arrests police say the weapon would have been used in their words to create chaos during the rally way jim brown is live for us in hong kong so adrian we saw s

viviana: voters in hong kong deliver a message that is crystal clear. >> the people of hong kong talkingbout the biggest political issues. abigail: investors sift through data to get a handle on global trends. >> we are now in a boom period in terms of prices and real estate. >> all this means slower growth going into the fourth quarter of the year. >> the economy is fairly weak but the data today shows things moving in the right direction. abigail: alibaba goes public on their home turf. >> it could help the company narrow the valuation gap to amazon. abigail: the u.k. election campaign heads into the home stretch. >> it is very easy to end up in a hung parliament territory. abigail: m&a madness with a of big deals. >> and lot, but they can deftly do it. >> the general feeling is they probably will go through but how long it will take. abigail: a new suite of leaders brings a fresh set of goals to the european commission. >> climate change is existential. it is a huge opportunity. >> every company should contribute. >> indeed, the banking union will be one or also the commission's prior

will suffer as a result of the loss of law and order in hong kong. the police, protesters have found inspiration in martial arts legend and hong konger, bruce lee's mantra, be water. if you put water into the cup, it becomes the cup. put it into the teapot, it becomes the teapot. water can flow or creep or drip or crash! be water, my friend. bobby has heard things are turning violent just few blocks away. we just saw the protesters have been breaking the glass, so there are protesters inside the station. their accusations that the network is enabling police violence. the police response might be heavy on ordinary protesters — time for them to be water, and withdraw. the government eventually withdrew the extradition bill but protesters feel the authorities have not sufficiently engaged with their demands. frustration and anger over the police‘s use of force means the crowds keep coming onto the streets. and as darkness falls, the chances of violent confrontation increase. frontliners are preparing molotov cocktails. eson has his brick at the ready. on

muscling the media a new report accuses china of using force and influence to stop hong kong's journalist from reporting the anti-government protests. joe harvey when i'm come on santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera rescuers look for survivors at least 4 people are killed in an earthquake in the southern philippines. a crack down during a night of violence in lebanon the search for a new prime minister is to begin. and we'll meet a yemeni entrepreneur defying all odds to keep the country's famed jewelry tradition alive. hello everyone it is a crackdown on press freedom a report from the committee to protect journalists accusing china of stopping journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely it details an increasingly constrained media environment in hong kong where pro beijing outlets outnumber the independent ones probating groups are accused of scaring off companies from advertising with independent outlets who can be critical of china the report says they've been repeated unprovoked police attacks on journalists in hong kong have been covering the protests

people of all walks of life in hong kong unite and work together to push hong kong's development back onto the right track. heavily censored in mainland china. efficient line is to betray the 6 months of pro-democracy protests as terrorism found by external forces the voices of ordinary citizens on the mainland are missing one man has made it his mission to give them a platform despite the censorship. after lunch i changed into a new set of clothes covered my face with a black mask and merged into the stream of black people do i know why hong kong people are protesting i'm very clear about that do i know the risk of participating in these protests as a mainland very clearly yes if i get arrested i would likely be sent back to the mainland where i might simply evaporate into thin air nobody would see me alive again and if i died nobody would ever see my body. the testimony from china's mainland in support of the hong kong protests one of the voices the chinese government is trying to silence this man who calls himself midway dude is trying to make them heard he was born on the mainland

concludes that what's happened in hong kong what is going to happen it. is concerts it is well planned and it is exceedingly well. executes it and it is only possible through the holes of special services then we have to ask which special services in the wilds of holland it will or you merely need to do is look at the some cool protests in hong kong and it might get you they are no longer protests as they are militants look at the flats they are waving they are waving american and british so let's look at the absolute they are singing they are seeing in the american and british out from look at the support the political circle they are now citizens from america this week we had donald trump signed in so last. package which condemns china and risks are american terrorists because of the so called refreshen in hong kong so it is my opinions that american and british services are tense in to the stabilized destabilized no right yes no it hong kong is a big revenue and for beijing well hope so but mostly you know what they want to go but what is happening her

unfortunates the hong kong looks like tools increasingly become a battleground between the u.s. and china condition and then i'm afraid to hong kong we are likely to be sick of flies because of the. confrontation between the newest china because hong kong has been very sensitive and has receiving a lot of foreign direct investment also from the u.s. because try the chinese over all t. boone north just back down. through toughen up the measures so in this case i think the result will be just and timely and see it with what washington d.c. was already on really intended to do. u.s. drone attack in afghanistan has left 5 people dead including 2 civilians we'll bring you the full story after a short break this is art. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. high salacious community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maid in the shallows. trunk on hong kong protecting democracy or more meddling in the inte

sophie: i'm sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. welcome to daybreak asia. ♪ this: our top stories tuesday -- u.s. stocks fall on renewed trade fears. markets digest new tariffs for brazil and argentina. and warnings on additional duties on china. restraintts back with from protesters in hong kong. the u.s. navy can no longer visit the city. she race to roll out 5g pit the u.s. against china. we will get telecoms' views on rivalries from huawei. shery: breaking news out of south korea. we have the final third quarter gdp numbers. year on year growth of 2%. that is in line with the advanced estimate. same thing for the quarter on quarter numbers, grown 4.4% which is the same as the advanced estimate. the year on year number is really staying steady at 2% growth for the past two quarters. we have seen a lot of negative sentiment around the korean economy. a contraction in an investment and a slight slowdown in consumption. the korea government has capex spending so government spending has been a kees source of support. pmiave seen man

hong kong is legendary for a shopping but these scenes of mayhem in a hong kong shopping mall just days before christmas show why there is little festive cheer for the territory's retailers this year. protesters are taking aim at hong kong's key retail sector to press home their demands for democracy district elections last month showed strong support for protests but the demonstrators have disrupted christmas shoppers and clashed with police. and uncertainty about hong kong's future means that the mood among those who do venture out to places like times square is bleak. for the respected us before this because they were during the of a situation so i think some of the worst in the north such as christmas was to go by and if it is not safe to go out yes and not happy at all we are not very in the mood and hong kong this is a really hard moment yes. pacific place is normally packed with bargain hungry consumers from mainland china and local buyers getting ready for christmas. much of the protesters i'm sure has been focused on china's increasing influence in hong kong and mainlanders are

reference to hong kong even though he did not mention hong kong at all so far.rs watching the flag raising ceremony in macau, happening at the moment. but tell us, macau has been rather politically stable, right? we have not seen protests since 2014 or so. so why the big difference with hong kong? even then, the protests were fairly small. with14, this year as well, the six months we have been seeing which has been ongoing. financial and economic futures as well. withifference largely lies the legacy left behind by the colonial masters when the british left hong kong and there was an international financial center at work here in hong kong. in macau, it was a gaming enclave. not only was that dominated by one person, the chinese authorities did open up the gaming industry to outside players. have seen other gaming players other than sammy houck, who dominated it. that helps macau's economy kick off in the last 20 years or so. however, of course, this has helped them economically. on china,ery reliant even more dependent because of its reliance on gaming and that

today they are afraid of their children, -- afraid for their children, born in hong kong and stateless. >> they no have life in hong kongng or my country. everything you can see, we need to go together. >> all live in constant fear. if they are deported, they could .ace torture and death if the guardian angels are deported by hong kong authorities to their home country sri lanka, they will be tortured and jailed, maybe even worse. the children will be separated from their parentsts, and they will be exposed to human trafficking. deserter will definitely face a death sentence. it will be a nightmare. they will all definitely be going back to hell. >>>> their lawyer is also facing reprisal. hehe has been undeder financial pressure. as he explains the hong kong state legal services are retaining 400,000 euros of his fees. the hong k kong bar association has tried to disbar him. he lives in exile between france and canada. associationkong bar hahas done everything to try to have major feared with or removed from these cases or disbarred. it is toxic. i never said i helped mr. snowden escap

thei: stephen engle with latest on hong kong. hong kong remains the biggest risk on the radar.o manager should great to have you. thought one school of that steve alluded to. the idea that we are seeing all of the downside for hong kong, but it is being isolated to the macroeconomic front. we are starting to see todd of shop closures. empty storefronts. and now, potentially the story about salary freezes for hsbc executives. --re is a school of thought how long can the separation be sustained for? how long until you see dysfunction start to hit the capital markets? question isour exactly the right question for the environment. we are already seeing caution with multinational corporate, and in terms of -- the overall allocation in terms of equity market asset prices, you will start seeing the impact if it gets prolonged into the next 12 months or so. the bigger issue is that -- the bigger question is, what is china doing? the does that mean for trade deal that everyone is so looking forward to having resolved? just have bigger issues. it poses a lot of uncertainty. haidi: at the