Lam said the special administrative region (SAR) is aware of the situation, but extreme measures such as a "stay-at-home order" or a "lockdown" would only be the last resort.
Lagarde will then go to Beijing for a meeting on the Belt and Road Initiative on April 12. The meeting, jointly sponsored by the IMF and the People's Bank of China, the central bank, will be attended by participants from the private sector, government and academia to discuss various aspects of the initiative, according to Gerry Rice, IMF's director of communications.
Lam noted that in the first half of this year, the HKSAR economy grew strongly by 4 percent in real terms over the previous year, riding on the broadly positive global economic environment.
Kong noted that China's path of peaceful development stems from the profound background of Chinese civilization.
Lam, whose company was incubated at Cyberport — Hong Kong's iconic digital community in Pok Fu Lam with a cluster of tech and digital incubatees — said her husband, who is an expert in the AI industry, helped her found the startup and, as she was born and raised locally, it's only natural for her to start an education-related enterprise in Hong Kong.
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Lagarde cited the example of a country that focuses on assembling smartphones will tend to have bilateral trade deficits with countries that produce the components, and surpluses with countries that buy the finished devices.
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Lam spoke in a meeting after visiting the area around Central Station. Lam and the MTR managers vowed to maintain their resolve against such violence and will work together to minimize the negative impact of protests.