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		</div><p>Hong Kong authorities are bracing themselves after pro-democracy protesters urged people to celebrate Halloween by wearing masks on a march in defiance of a government ban on face coverings.</p>
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<p>Organisers called on supporters of the protest movement to take part in a “masquerade” that will put to the test a recent government ban on masks at public gatherings aimed at quelling the increasingly violent protests now in their fifth month.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">ð½REJECTED: Police stop a man in an alien costume from entering a busy bar area as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongProtests?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongProtests</a> and Halloween celebrations intertwine <a href="https://t.co/BrZ8BEXtRL">pic.twitter.com/BrZ8BEXtRL</a></p>
<p>&mdash; QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) <a href="https://twitter.com/QuickTake/status/1189876428340441088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Digital fliers circulated online called on people to wear masks depicting Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior officials.</p>
<p>They also said people could wear a mask and dress in red for the march, which was set to begin at a large park and proceed to the Lan Kwai Fong bar and nightclub district.</p>
<figure id="attachment_143230" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-143230" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-143230" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/897E1655-41C9-4C78-96F2-2CB9D301334E.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="385" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-143230" class="wp-caption-text">A man in a Halloween mask stands next to police officers in riot gear in Hong Kong</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Face masks have become a hallmark of protesters in Hong Kong, even at peaceful marches, amid fears their identities will be uncovered and spread online, resulting in retribution.</p>
<p>Ms Lam introduced a measure to ban masks and face coverings at the start of October, but protesters have largely ignored it and police have not been enforcing it on a large scale.</p>
<p>Police said they could not rule out the possibility of violent incidents on Halloween.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Riot police have cordoned off Lan Kwai Fong, amid a mixed group of masked protesters and Halloween celebrants.</p>
<p>Photo: InMedia. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkong?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkong</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hogglongprotests?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hogglongprotests</a> <a href="https://t.co/idlxNim3g8">pic.twitter.com/idlxNim3g8</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) <a href="https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1189878525123129349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The police force said in an online video that anyone refusing to comply with a request to remove their mask can be fined and jailed for six months, though they also said wearing Halloween masks is allowed as long as there is no violence.</p>
<p>In a separate event, police fired tear gas at protesters gathered at a subway station across the harbour.</p>
<p>The demonstrators were marking two months since riot police stormed a subway car and beat passengers with batons and pepper spray in scenes that inflamed tensions.</p>
<figure id="attachment_143232" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-143232" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-143232" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EFFC6CB1-C036-4B8F-8D0F-A7AAEA27F939.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-143232" class="wp-caption-text">A couple wear Halloween costumes on a street in Hong Kong</figcaption></figure>
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<p>In Beijing, the ruling Communist Party said it planned to strengthen laws regarding Hong Kong in the name of national security.</p>
<p>The party reaffirms the “one country, two systems” framework under which Hong Kong was handed over from British to Chinese control in 1997, it said in a statement.</p>
<p>It was issued at the end of a major meeting of the 202 members of the party’s Central Committee led by Mr Xi, who is also the party chief.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Off we go <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongProtests?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongProtests</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/halloween2019?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#halloween2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/PwNlsELW7a">pic.twitter.com/PwNlsELW7a</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Vicky Wong é»çæ®· (@vickywong710) <a href="https://twitter.com/vickywong710/status/1189874639930941440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>However, it added that in an effort to maintain the territory’s “prosperity and stability”, it would embark on a project to “establish and strengthen a legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security” in Hong Kong.</p>
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<p>The document gave no further details and it was not clear whether that indicated an intention to pass new laws in mainland China or in Hong Kong, which has a separate legal system under its own constitution.</p>
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