By 8 p.m., the protesters, who appeared to be in visibly smaller numbers than a week ago, were nowhere to be seen on the streets.
In the afternoon, reflecting the divide in society, on one side of the harbor, anti-government protesters took to the streets in Hung Hom while on the other side, on Hong Kong Island, a pro-government rally with the“We condemn the violent acts by black-clad protesters armed with bricks and sticks,” said Ng Chau-pei of the Safeguard Hong Kong Alliance, the coalition of pro-government politicians and business leaders behind the event at Tamar Park.
But there was no such need as protesters decided to scale down their radical actions, a deliberate move not to alienate the public after the violence and chaos during their airport demonstrations earlier in the week had upset people, according to several of them. Protesters then began a cat-and-mouse game with police, moving around several streets as they made their way to Yau Ma Tei and Jordan. At one point, they took over a stretch of the southbound lanes on Nathan Road near Mong Kok, putting up makeshift barriers of traffic cones, rubbish bins and small wooden stands.
“Only around 200 of us stayed behind tonight. We were outnumbered and it is good to deploy the tactics of ‘be water’,” a protester at the scene said, repeating the mantra of the movement borrowed from the late martial arts actor Bruce Lee. Baptist University assistant professor Edmund Cheng Wai said protesters were now changing tactics and reverting to being peaceful, especially after their actions at the airport on Tuesday had sparked a backlash.
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