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Weather hits Hong Kong protests as numbers out on the streets fall

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Protesters are marching again in Hong Kong, but in numbers that so far appear significantly reduced from rallies that drew many thousands as recently as last weekend.

A march in Kowloon this afternoon drew a couple of thousand people who marched peacefully, chanting slogans and braving a ferocious downpour.

Outside the police headquarters on Hong Kong Island, about 200 people – many of them retirees – also gathered peacefully, although some shouted abuse at officers who did not intervene.

The low-key protests lacked the numbers of some much larger demonstrations seen during the more than four months of unrest that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

Previous protests have seen larger number and violence

As recently as last Sunday, tens of thousands of masked protesters had hit Hong Kong’s rain-drenched streets.


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