Protest Widens To Immigration, Revenue Towers

Protesters have taken over the lobby of Revenue Tower and Immigration Tower in Wan Chai as a part of their protest, adding another dimension to the ongoing anti-government demonstrations.

They began staging a sit-in inside the lobby of Revenue Tower at around 1:30pm, and government staff and visitors had to carefully get around them to enter or leave the building.

Some of the civil servants who had gone out for lunch found themselves unable to reenter the building as hundreds blocked the entrance.

Some of them weren't too pleased. "It’s just wasting tax payers’ money if they block us from work,” said one worker who didn't reveal his identity.

Some of the protesters then moved outside to Gloucester Road and blocked parts of it, using road blocks and traffic cones.

The protests have brought the government headquarters and the Legislative Council in the Tamar area to a standstill. The government had given the central offices located there another holiday on Friday.

The offices were closed for several days last week also due to the protests.

The Legislative Council located nearby also had cancelled most of its business on Friday. The secretariat said the meetings of the House Committee and the Finance Committee have been cancelled.

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