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Hong Kong: Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters staged a new rally at Hong Kong’s airport, a day after a massive demonstration there triggered a shutdown at the busy international travel hub.

Only a handful of protesters stayed through the night, and flights resumed at the airport early in the morning. But by afternoon, several hundred demonstrators had returned, responding to a call for a new rally.

Operations resumed early morning yesterday, but a massive backlog of cancelled flights meant many take-offs were being delayed or cancelled. And check-ins were also stalled for a few hours in the afternoon. Monday’s abrupt closure came 10 weeks into a crisis that has seen millions of people take to Hong Kong’s streets in the biggest challenge to Chinese rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain.

Real estate worker Tibor, a long-term foreign resident of Hong Kong, was waiting at the terminal for a rescheduled flight after his journey on Monday was cancelled.

 

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