Hundreds of police to clear Hong Kong's last pro-democracy protest site
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The last embers of the 2½-month Occupy Central campaign could be stubbed out tomorrow after police announced details of the clearance of the last protest site left standing.
The clearance of Causeway Bay will start soon after 9.30am and roads near the Yee Wo Street camp, including Jardine's Bazaar, Sugar Street and part of Gloucester Road, will be closed.
"If it goes smoothly, we hope the occupied roads could be reopened in the afternoon," said Steven Hui Chun-tak, chief superintendent of the police public relations branch.
It is understood that hundreds of police officers, rather than the thousands called up in Admiralty last week and Mong Kok last month, will be deployed. Hui urged protesters to leave voluntarily and said they would have little time to pack belongings when the clearance began.
Only a few dozen protesters remained at the site yesterday. Some assembled their own version of the "Lennon Wall", the landmark in the Admiralty camp where people left messages of support for the protests.
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