Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannons on Saturday to disperse anti-government protesters who threw stones, shattered government office windows and blocked key roads near the local headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
A series of protests for and against the city's Communist Party rulers in Beijing are planned before the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday.
The protesters were mostly dressed in black, wearing masks, sheltered under the umbrella of water cannons, and fled after a familiar conflict with the police during the demonstrations, as the protests had been going on for more than three months on a regular basis.