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A few hundred soccer fans, many wearing the strips of their favourite European teams, gathered in a Causeway Bay park on Wednesday for a human chain urging people to “fight for Hong Kong.” The Hong Kong government said on Wednesday a giant fireworks display over the harbour planned for Oct. 1 had been called off “in view of the latest situation and having regard to public safety.” The spark for the latest protests in June was planned legislation, now withdrawn, that would have allowed people accused of breaking Chinese laws to be sent to the mainland for trial. But they have since broadened into calls for universal suffrage.
China says it is committed to the Hong Kong formula, denies meddling and says the city is an internal Chinese issue. It has accused foreign powers, particularly the United States and Britain, of fomenting the unrest and told them to mind their own business.
Unfortunately calling off the races was not sufficient. Did not pacify the rioters - still vandalised and destroyed.
I hope the police can rest up, this give those terriorists less reason to create chaos
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