Hong Kong has 'no room' for independence from China - HK leader

Protesters demanding universal pension hold paper cutouts of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (C) and resigned Chief Secretary Carrie Lam (R) ahead of Leung's policy address, outside Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's chief executive said on Wednesday in his annual policy blueprint that the city couldn't become independent or separate from China.

Addressing recent growing calls from activists for Hong Kong to become independent from China, Leung Chun-ying told the city's legislature that "there is no room for independence or any kind of separation" from China.