KEY POINTS
  • Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was discharged from hospital on Tuesday after staying overnight with a fractured right elbow following a fall at the official chief executive residence.
  • The weekly executive council meeting and her news conference were cancelled and her deputy, John Lee, promoted earlier this year will take over other duties.
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, arrives to deliver her policy address at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was discharged from hospital on Tuesday after staying overnight with a fractured right elbow following a fall at the official chief executive residence.

Media footage showed Lam leaving the Queen Mary Hospital and entering a black seven-seater without answering questions from reporters.