Many Hong Kong Executive Board officials have offered to resign to reduce protest tensions but were dismissed by the chief executive, according to a Council member.

"A Hong Kong Executive Board member once hinted to Chief Executive Carrie Lam that we were willing to resign in bulk to ease the situation. However, Lam said that the Council was only on the sidelines and gave encouragement. The conference is not the first to be held responsible, "Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, Executive Council member, revealed in a television interview yesterday.

Ip advises that the idea of resigning is just an "internal discussion" between some commissioners. The Executive Council operates on the principle of centralized responsibility, acting as an advisory body for the head of the special zone. Ms. Lam appointed 16 members to this council when she came to power in July 2017.

"The special zone government may consider changing personnel to address the crisis. That will not only hold them accountable, but it will also reduce public anger," Ip added.

The Chief Executive's office in Hong Kong declined to comment, while two Council members did not refute the content.

The news comes as Hong Kong protests have turned into a seventh month. Protests erupted in June, initially to protest the extradition bill that would allow suspects to be brought to jurisdictional areas. but the district has not signed an extradition treaty, including mainland China.

After the Hong Kong government withdrew the bill, protesters continued to take to the streets to make other requests such as investigating the use of force by the police, the democratic election organization and Mrs. Carrie Lam to resign. However, the district government firmly rejected these requests.