Repel or Retreat, Hong Kong Occupy Protests to End Next Week

The occupation phase of the Umbrella Movement could be over. Whether it will be by police or protester action is the only question that remains.
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Repel or Retreat, Hong Kong Occupy Protests to End Next Week
Pro-democracy protesters walk past tents at protest site in the Admiralty district on December 3, 2014 in Hong Kong. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images
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The occupation phase of the Umbrella Movement could be over. Whether it will be by police or protester action is the only question that remains.

Hong Kong police intend to meet with court-authorized bailiffs and plaintiffs next Monday and Tuesday to discuss the clearing of a major protest site in Admiralty as per a high court injunction order granted to the All China Express Limited bus company, reports Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK).

This means that the occupied sections of Harcourt Road and Connaught Road Central, which pro-democracy demonstrators dub “Umbrella Square,” could be dismantled by the police as soon as Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Two pro-democracy protestors walk at the movement's main protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong early on Dec. 3, 2014. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
Two pro-democracy protestors walk at the movement's main protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong early on Dec. 3, 2014. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images
Larry Ong
Larry Ong
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Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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