Hong Kong airport cancels departing flights for second day amid protests.
shut down for a second day on Tuesday after protesters blocked the entrance of the building.
The closure came after the former British colony's embattled leader defied protesters calls to quit as the stock market tumbled and anti-government protesters filled the airport. "Take a minute to look at our city, our home," Chief Executive Carrie Lam told a news conference at the government headquarters complex, fortified with 6-foot high water-filled barricades.As she spoke, the benchmark Hang Seng index hit a seven-month low. By lunchtime, it had dropped nearly 2 percent, dragging down markets across Asia. It has fallen 6 percent since the protests began in June.
"I, as the chief executive, will be responsible to rebuild the Hong Kong economy, to engage as widely as possible, listen as attentively as possible to my people's grievances and try to help Hong Kong to move on."
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