Saturday 15 February
1430: Protesters gathered in Tai Po, New Territories, to oppose designating the local Jockey Club Clinic as a coronavirus health centre. They marched from Tin Hua Temple along Kwong Fuk and On Chee Road to Tai Po Plaza.
1430: Protesters gathered at Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, to oppose designating the Tin Shui Wai (Tin Yip Road) Community Health Centre a coronavirus clinic. Protesters marched from Wang Yat Square to Tin Ching Estate. Activists threw rubbish bins onto the tracks at Tin Sau Light Rail station and set a ticket reader on fire. Police used pepper spray and made arrests.
1600: Dozens of people marched around Kennedy Town, Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island before dispersing peacefully around 1730.
1830: Protesters returned to Tin Sau Road in Tin Shui Wan and set up roadblocks.
Sunday 16 February
1100: More than 200 people gathered in Kwai Chung, New Territories to oppose designating the South Kwai Chung Jockey Club General Out-Patient Clinic as a coronavirus centre. The crowd dispersed an hour later, but dozens of pro- democracy protesters refused to leave and engaged in a verbal exchange with police.
1500: Hundreds of protesters marched around Lei Cheng Uk Estate in Cheung Sha Wan, New Kowloon, to protest against using the Cheung Sha Wan Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic as a coronavirus health centre. No violence reported.
1500: Protesters staged a rally in Sai Kung, New Territories, to oppose using the Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre as a quarantine centre.
1700: Over a hundred local residents staged a rally at Shan Mei Street Playground in Fo Tan, New Territories to protest against using Chun Yeung Estate as a quarantine centre.
2100: Around 100 local residents and pro-democracy protesters marched from Richland Gardens to Kai Yip Estate in Kowloon Bay to protest against designating Kowloon Bay Health Centre General Out-Patient Clinic as a coronavirus centre. Pro-democracy protesters set up roadblocks and engaged in verbal disputes with local residents. Police used pepper spray to disperse the activists.
Tuesday 18 February
1900: ‘Save Yourself’ rally against use of Fo Tan Chun Yang village as a coronavirus quarantine centre took place at the Fo Tan Chun Yang village, Sha Tin, New Territories.
Wednesday 19 February
1200: Protesters marched from the Western District Police Station to the Hong Kong Liaison Office in Sai Ying Pun, Western District, Hong Kong Island, to demand the release of detained coronavirus whistle-blowers in mainland China.
1300: ‘Lunch with You’ rally at IFC Mall, Central. Over 70 pro-democracy activists marched to Connaught Place.
1815: Public service employees staged a rally at Admiralty Civic Square to oppose the government’s anti-epidemic policy.
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