One night in Mongkok


Makeshift roadblock: Pro-democracy protesters re-occupying Argyle Street after police dismantled their barricades in Mongkok. - EPA

IT’S already 2.30am Saturday in Mongkok in Hong Kong but tension is still very much in the air. A typical Friday evening in the world’s busiest district, with its myriad of bars, brothels and mahjong parlours, would have been bustling with life.

But businesses have been hit badly. The entire area seems to have been taken over by thousands of protesters. Outnumbered by the protesters, the police are seemingly restrained and unwilling to use too much force.

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