Hong Kong protesters kick off plan to bring airport to a standstill

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Airport express trains 

suspended as Hong Kong 

protesters kick off plan to 

bring aviation hub to a 

standstill

• Protesters hoping for repeat of two weeks ago when sit-in forced cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights
• Rallies also planned for Tin Shui Wai and outside the British consulate in Admiralty

SCMP,

1 September, 2019

Anti-government protesters are planning to gridlock transport links serving Hong Kong International Airport on Sunday afternoon, a day after police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators who had hurled petrol bombs and bricks at them.

Protesters are calling on the public to overwhelm roads and rail links to the airport on Sunday and Monday to cause flights to be cancelled, in a hoped-for repeat of their actions a fortnight ago.

Two other groups of protesters also plan to protest in the northern town of Tin Shui Wai, and outside the British consulate in Admiralty. The protest in Admiralty is expected to call on London to give British National (Overseas) passport holders the right to live in the UK.

Follow our live blog below for the latest updates.

3:31PM

'This is crazy'

A young man who works in a shop at the airport is trying to find a way in and showing his staff pass to police, but is instead chased away by angry officers. 

He says he does not know where else to go now. 

"This is crazy," he adds. 

Updated at 3:30PM

3:30PM

Organisers of consulate rally say Sino-British Joint Declaration is now 'void'

A spokeswoman for the organisers of the British consulate rally reads a statement. “I declare the Sino-British Joint Declaration void. We urge the British government to react accordingly and take immediate action to protect British Nationals in Hong Kong by any means necessary. On behalf of Britons here, we urge the government to grant full British citizenship to British nationals,” she says.

Updated at 3:29PM

3:28PM

Police on the move

As riot police advance to T1, protesters continue their retreat, leaving lines of trolley barricades they have set up earlier. 

Updated at 3:28PM


3:27PM

Protester at consulate calls on Britain to protect Hong Kong BNOs

At the British consulate rally, a father, surnamed Lee, attending with his wife and one-year-old son says: “I’m here because I want to have equal status for BNOs. BNO status was given to Hong Kong citizens who lived in Hong Kong before 1997 but it doesn’t have the same recognition as the full British passport does. I hope the UK can protect Hong Kong BNO holders as China is not abiding by the Sino-British Joint Declaration and is destroying "one country, two systems". I will keep on fighting in a peaceful and non-violent way and let people over the world hear our demands.”

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