Bloomberg reports that more than 10 tents were still pitched on the ground floor plaza under HSBC’s Central building today, with some demonstrators sleeping on couches.
'There are things that we need to persist in', Ho Yiu-shing, a protester who was named in the eviction court case HSBC brought against the group. 'There’s a symbolic meaning in our move. I will continue to get more people to support the Occupy movement'.
The demonstrators, who totaled about 50 at the height of the protest, were to evacuate by 9pm., according to an order given by Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance on Aug. 13. Police in other countries have evicted activists from the Occupy Movement, which started in New York last year.
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Hong Kong’s Occupy Protesters Face Deadline to Leave HSBC
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