Another
banner read "President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong."
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Hundreds
of people in Hong
Kong, including many elderly residents, marched to the US
consulate on Sunday to show "gratitude" for US support of
anti-government protests that have roiled the financial hub for
nearly six months.
Waving
American flags, with some donning Donald Trump logo hats and
t-shirts, protesters unfurled a banner depicting the US president
standing astride a tank with a US flag behind him.
Another
banner read "President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong."
Trump
this week signed into law congressional legislation that supported
protesters in the China-ruled city, despite angry objections from
Beijing.
"Thank
you President Donald
Trump for your big gift to Hong Kong and God bless America,"
shouted a speaker holding a microphone as he addressed a crowd at the
start of the march.
Earlier
on Sunday, hundreds of protesters, including many families with
children, marched in protest against police use of tear gas.
Carrying
yellow balloons and waving banners that read "No tear gas, save
our children", the protesters streamed through the city's
central business district towards government headquarters on the main
Hong Kong island.
There
has been relative calm in Hong Kong for the past week but activists
have pledged to maintain the momentum of the movement with three
marches planned for Sunday. All have been approved by authorities.
Anti-government
protests have rocked the former British colony since June, at times
forcing government offices, businesses, schools and even the
international airport to shut.
"We
want the police to stop using tear gas," said a woman surnamed
Wong, who marched with her husband and five year old son.
"It's
not a good way to solve the problem. The government needs to listen
to the people. It is ridiculous." Police have fired around
10,000 rounds of tear gas since June, the city's Secretary for
Security, John Lee, said this week.
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