A deadline for the pro—democracy
demonstrators to clear the Hong Kong's cordoned streets loomed as Beijing—backed
leader claimed that the disorder now is risked "serious consequences"
for the public safety and the Chinese state media said that it had ruined city's
image.
Embattled by the Chief Executive Chun—ying
said that the government determined to "take all necessary actions to
restore social order" and to allow residents to "return
to their normal work and life". He pointed the need to allow the government
staff to resume work Monday.
Only few hundred were on streets
early in downtown Admiralty district near government headquarters, hours
earlier tens of thousands turned out there in the biggest gathering of the week—long
protest.
They said that they had no
intention of leaving the streets.
"I don't know the police's
strategy, but I've told my friends and students that we have to be here
tonight," Petula said, an associate professor of HKU (Hong Kong
University).
"Students don't have to be in
dangerous areas in the front, but we must be here."
"We must continue our fight. The
government has not responded to our demands for civil nomination and for CY to
step down, but have constantly asked us to retreat. We simply cannot accept
that."
The protesters are demanding its right
to suggest who can run as next Hong Kong's leader in 2017 elections.
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