Organisers of the January 1 march demanding Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s resignation are worried that poor police arrangements might lead to chaos, they said on Wednesday. The Civil Human Rights Front had notified the police earlier that about 50,000 protesters would take part in the march, from Victoria Park to the government headquarters in Admiralty, beginning at 3pm. Group convenor Jackie Hung Ling-yu said on Wednesday afternoon that she hoped for a turnout of hundreds of thousands of people. She was concerned by the police’s strict ban on stalls being erected by participating groups along the march route. Further, she is concerned that the police decision to allow a pro-Leung rally in Tamar Park – near their anti-Leung rally at night – might lead to conflict. “There is a chance that conflicts may break out [because our rally will be close to the pro-Leung rally],” Hung said. “We will try our best to prevent chaos.” The anti-Leung rally is scheduled from 7pm to 10pm, and it might continue if protesters want to stay, said Ho Chi-kwan, convenor of event co-organiser the League in Defence of Hong Kong’s Freedoms. Meanwhile, the pro-Leung rally – organised by the Voice of Loving Hong Kong – will be held at the nearby Tamar Park Amphitheatre from 3pm to 8pm. Unlike during previous protests, the police this time have warned that they would “strictly enforce” the ban on fund-raising stalls by participating groups, along the procession route, Hung said. In the past police have simply advised them to place the stalls to one side, where they won’t block the flow of people. Hung is worried that police might forcibly remove the stalls, sparking arguments. “The ban on stalls is an excuse to suppress the survival of civil groups,” she said. “I hope the public will be alert and realise that this suppression could become more and more serious. I believe Article 23 [of the Basic Law] may be legislated in Hong Kong very soon.” Police issued a statement saying the ban on stalls was not meant to suppress any group, but to preserve public safety and order. Icarus Wong Ho-yin, a vice-convenor of Civil Human Rights Front, said many groups wanted to put up stalls along the route, to raise funds and promote their efforts. On January 1, People Power and its allies will hold a march from Fire Dragon Path, Tai Hang, to Government House on Upper Albert Road. Between 8,000 and 10,000 marchers are expected. They notified the police that their march would start at 1.30pm, but it has been saying online that it would begin at 2.30pm, at the front gate of the Hong Kong Central Library in Causeway Bay. Hung said she was worried that if the People Power protesters failed to start marching on time, they might block the path of the larger march.