HONG Kong: Tension flickered across Hong Kong Saturday as riot cops squared off with protesters near a police station in a working-class neighborhood, as an uneasy peace lasting several days threatened to give way.

Thousands of demonstrators, who earlier formed a human chain as a sign of solidarity, marched through the industrial Kwun Tong area, where they were blocked by dozens of riot police with shields and batons.

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