Review | OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 10: Full coverage of the day's events
Undersecretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Lau Kong-wah and leaders of the Federation of Students have set up a formal meeting with Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to discuss issues of reform on Friday.
With the number of protesters continuing to dwindle as the Occupy Central protests enter their tenth night we have decided to discontinue our continuous live blog from 11.30pm tonight. We will start a new live blog from 8am tomorrow morning, which will continue throughout the day. If there is any breaking news overnight, we plan to reinstate scmp.com's live blog immediately.
11.40pm HKU: Speaking after the preparatory meeting tonight, students express disappointment and anger at the dialogue agenda proposed by the government. But they decided the dialogue should go ahead to force the government facing the students' demands. "If they [government officials] do not try to face our demands or propose ways to solve the political problems directly, we may end the dialogue," warned Lester Shum, deputy Secretary General of Federation of Students.
Shum said the protests would continue despite the imminent dialogue, "People are ready to come out again if the government fails to demonstrate sincerity of solving the political crisis." Shum also warned that the dialogue could end if the government began actions to clear the protest sites or failed to guarantee the safety of protesters.
Shum said that the student leaders would discuss with other protest leaders - including the Occupy Central co-founders and Scholarism leaders - to decided whether to invite them to attend Friday's dialogue.
Joshua Wong Chi-Fung, convenor of student activist group Scholarism, called on members of the public to gather at Harcourt Road in Admiralty on Friday afternoon to support the students in their talks with officials.
11.15pm Mong Kok: Thousands of people, including Occupy protesters and pedestrians, pack the junction of Nathan Road and Argyle Street, at the sit-in site. A public forum at the main protesters' tent is ongoing, while others discuss the future of the campaign.