HONG KONG • Hong Kong police and protesters hardened their battle lines over the weekend as violent clashes showed no signs of abating, leaving the city bracing itself for another week of upheaval that risks disrupting pending local elections.
The violence at PolyU prompted police to warn that it had become a riot and that anyone who remained on campus or helped the protesters may be liable to the offence of taking part in a riot. In an urgent notice sent to its students, staff and alumni, PolyU said that while it understood students' concerns about the social conditions in Hong Kong, calm and sensibility must prevail when they fight for anything, public broadcaster RTHK reported.
The escalating violence threatens to delay district council elections scheduled for Nov 24. There are signs, too, that Hong Kong society is becoming more polarised, as protest-weary residents who helped clean up the city's streets were harassed by protesters. Gross domestic product will contract 1.3 per cent from last year, the government said last Friday as it released final output calculations for the third quarter. The government said ending the city's violent unrest is key to an economic recovery.
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