Demonstration Events
1 December
Around 200 people marched from Edinburgh
Square to the government headquarters protesting against police use of tear gas.
Many of the group carried yellow balloons. The demonstration was peaceful.
Hundreds of people marched along Lower
Albert Road to just below the US consulate, to thank President Donald Trump for
signing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. Some were wearing Trump
masks. Police had barred them from going up Garden Road.
In Chater Garden there was a march, with
some holding US national flags and placards calling on President Trump to
"make Hong Kong great again".
Tens of thousands of people gathered for
anti-government protesters in Tsim Sha Tsui at the clock tower to march to the Hong
Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, with protesters blocking the road. The protesters
chanted "five demands, not one less" and other slogans. By around
6.30pm most of the protesters and police had dispersed.
Masked people in Whampoa smashed traffic
lights and restaurants which apparently threatened the protest movement. A
large group of unmasked people had earlier gathered to heckle and mock police
officers for several hours. Bricks and other debris were thrown all over the
road in a bid to block traffic and barricades were used to block Hung Hom Road
and Tak Man Street.
In Mong Kok protesters set up a
makeshift road block and set it on fire.
2 December
More than two dozen people outside Immigration
Tower protested the detention and deportation of an Indonesian helper who had
been active at protest sites. The government claimed she did not extend her
two-year visa, while protestors contended she had forgotten, and suggested she
be given a second chance, as visa violators sometimes are.
4 December
About 30 people gathered in Cheung Sha
Wan business district chanting slogans. The crowd grew to about 100 people at
its peak.
Counter-Demonstration
On 3 December several dozen people
protested in a pro-Beijing rally in Central gathering in Chater Garden; they
sang the Chinese national anthem and then marched to the US Consulate. They
trampled on an American flag as they vented their anger at President Donald
Trump for signing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law. They
waved Chinese flags as they accused Washington of interfering in China's
internal affairs.
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