Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam aborts policy speech as lawmakers disrupt session

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to abandon her annual policy address on Wednesday after some lawmakers jeered as she began speaking, causing an unprecedented cancellation of such a speech in the legislature of the Chinese-ruled city.

Ms. Lam, who has rejected calls to stand down, had been set to announce a raft of property initiatives, in a bid to restore confidence in her administration after more than four months of anti-government protests.

Pro-democracy lawmakers yelled “Five demands, not one less” as they heckled Ms. Lam, who faces immense pressure to regain trust and resolve the city's biggest political crisis in decades, in a disruption that forced the meeting to be adjourned twice.