The city's traditional New Year Eve's bumper fireworks display has been cancelled due to safety concerns.
Protesters take part in a human chain rally at the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong on December 31, 2019. Picture: ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP
The financial hub has been battered by more than six months of protests that included huge peaceful marches attended by millions, as well as violent confrontations in which police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and protesters responded with flurries of petrol bombs. They chanted slogans, sang “Glory to Hong Kong” — a symbolic protest anthem — and held up posters calling for people to fight for democracy in 2020.
In late November, the city’s pro-democracy camp scored a landslide victory in a municipal-level vote widely seen as a referendum on the Beijing-backed government’s handling of political unrest.On New Year’s Eve, protesters also rallied at major shopping malls, which have become regular protest venues as participants try to cause economic disruption.
“2019 is a remarkable and special year for every single Hongkonger,” 25-year-old teacher Sam told AFP as he celebrated New Year’s Eve with his family at the harbourfront.
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