s charlotte chelsea pill is on the ground in hong kong we asked her to set the scene. we've just been following a small march that's been going through hong kong it does seem to have drawn to a close known people have gone on their way but that march people were chanting along the way 5 to mons not one that glory to hong kong all in reference to the fact that they still see that the months unfulfilled bio florentines here demands including an independent investigation into the police handling of these protests so far what we saw was they had an enormous bana saying glorious hong kong which they own felt and then broke out into song at the lot of people here had expected huge protests today boys been hearing on social networking sites that these protesters used to communicate on is that they are trying to save energy for the coming days is tomorrow more protests are expected monday is a holiday here in hong kong more protests than is well there's a sense of real trepidation here about exactly what authorities are going to do to try and crack down on people wearing face

earlier we talked to did correspondent charlotte chelsea in hong kong and asked her whether it was likely there would be a repeat of the same kind of violence seen there overnight on friday just a short time ago this area just behind me was absolutely packed with riot police they've been clearing this area alone of protest is the number of police. counted tanks as well they haven't been used to say. he's been fired yet in the area but the police came onto the streets after a number of people gathered outside a police station many of them to spying at that mosque where in the face moths they were yelling shot at the police it does feel like tonight gets hurt in just the mood of the buy that we've seen not only last night but in in previous week hounslow been a relatively peaceful day so you follow the human chains the marches through hong kong have remained peaceful so it could of course slip into a violence as the night goes on but a lot of people here it seems a waiting to see what happens next no one really knows how exactly the police are going to enforce that ban on the face must just

seen violent protests since introducing colonial era emergency laws on friday correspondent charlotte chelsea until has been finding out why the application of these laws as calls so much anger. the chaos now so widespread that it's verging on the surreal. the end is so deep it's becoming harder and harder to escape. authorities say it seems like this that justifies sweeping new emergency palace. was the but house in the streets the ban on face masks is having little effect with protest as warning is just the tip of the iceberg. i didn't say i 1st pace that they can cry they apply the law and i think that's much much more to come alone is a great real more and more angry that you never know what the government will put out there was just worried about the whole political. tenure chad is among a number of pro-democracy lawmakers challenging the emergency during cool out she says it gives chief executive kerry lamb unlimited power to impose what she calls tarion measure this is a very very dangerous each. ration it's really taking away our freedoms our human rights and it's a pure violation of

charlotte chelsea pill met up with the hong kong man who refuses to stay on the sidelines. at 18 you could match his stamina but uncle warming is driven by sound sense of responsibility. 9 for between those who can and tear gas on one side. and petrol bombs on the other. he doesn't shy away. instead he gestures towards the front lines for morning until night weekend after weekend to protect those he says the financing for the hong kong he's lived in was not. a more young i've enjoyed years of democracy in hong kong but we're living in a new era the world has changed dramatically in the last few months. they're going to doubt that you've been watching going anywhere yet with their guard why are so many young people being assaulted by the police. a good thing for the police should be protecting people hold on monday's are going to go with uncle one is a member of the community group protect the children led by constable return they put themselves between the police and protest it's guiding the young people they aim to shield the way i think. but as every passing week worries

straight to hong kong then when we find the double correspondent shot at chelsea to welcome charlotte so it looks as though protesters are ignoring this clamp down. yeah as soon as schools and offices and see this afternoon people took to the streets thousands of people gathered here angry at that ban most of them wearing face masks still the people that we spoke to said that they planned on wearing them well past that curfew that facemask deadline they told us that simply that we cannot enact that ban on everybody who is here and that they would still where it's cost midnight the hours now counting down to that deadline now people are still on the streets at the moment a short time ago there were people gathered in the central shopping district police firing tear gas to clear those protesters tension really is ramping up here as we get later into the evening as we get closer to that deadline we've seen a lot of people vandalizing shops believed to have approached beijing and he protested sentiment china mobile for example we watched protesters break into that the shop completely vand