Hong Kong gears up for mass rally as government appeals for calm

HONG KONG - Hong Kong was gearing up for a mass rally on Sunday that is expected to gauge support for pro-democracy demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city as the government appealed to people to express their views peacefully.

Activists will march from Victoria Park in the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay to Chater Road near the heart of the financial hub, the route of similar protests, most of which started out peacefully but later descended into violence. Hong Kong’s new police commissioner, Chris Tang, said his force would take a flexible approach to demonstrations, using “both the hard and soft approach.”

Demonstrators are angry at what they see as Chinese meddling in freedoms promised to Hong Kong when the then British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

Today we have an authorized rally for International Human Rights Day. I prepare by packing medical emergency kit and overfeed my cats just in case. I hope one day we can exercise our freedom of assembly without the absurdity.

Today is the International Human Rights Day. To prepare for an authorized rally, I have to pack medical emergency kit and overfeed my cats just in case. I hope one day everyone can exercise our freedom of assembly without undergoing absurd rituals.

Many China Chinese will not get it, even after they got out. Have witness their dash, out of country for freedom. Then turn around and say China system is better, People outside are idiots for not protecting self interest. Because selfish people gain most in a free world..Sad

I wish them well as they continue the fight for their rights.

hong kong... sorry .. u always was part of china... its just how it is.

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