Mr Leung's televised comments came after street fights led to the postponement of talks between the government and the protesters.
The collapse of the would-be alliance led, in turn, to the indefinite postponement of talks between the U.S. and British governments on traffic rights.
BREWERS-CUBS, POSTPONED: Rain forced the postponement of the game between Milwaukee and Chicago at Wrigley Field.
The relatively muted response to the postponement underscored the differences between political transitions in Tunisia and Egypt.
ORIOLES-RANGERS POSTPONED Rain and the threat of severe weather forced the postponement of the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the host Texas Rangers.
For around eight hours, the group, described by a trustee of the Gurdwara temple as "fanatical extremists", occupied the foyer, forcing the postponement of a wedding between a Sikh bride and a Hindu groom that had been scheduled for Sunday.
Poor weather at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the site of the planned launch of the target missile, forced the postponement until Sunday night between 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and 1 a.m. on Monday, a government statement said.
For example, a study by Monden and Smits (2005) carried out in Latvia, a country which went through similar societal changes as Estonia after 1991, showed that postponement of union formation between members of the minority and majority populations took place at the time of highest ethnic tensions, but this was compensated later.
FINALLY, RAINOUT Heavy rains forced the postponement of Friday's game between the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins in Denver.
The arctic blast has already accounted for the postponement of the Championship games between Watford and Southampton, Barnsley and Crystal Palace and Charlton and Cardiff.
