HONG KONG (SE): Both the chief executive of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, and the chief secretary for the administration, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, referred to a noisy demonstration organised by the Hong Kong Federation of Students at the entrance to the conference hall at the Caritas Institute of Higher Education in Tseung Kwan O as an example of the breakdown of communication between government and citizenry.

During their addresses at an international conference organised by Caritas to mark its 60th anniversary in Hong Kong on relational poverty, Leung said the young people reflect a breakdown in the ability of government and citizenry to communicate constructively with each other, reflecting a lack of mutual trust...