Hong Kong authorities cleared occupy sites in Admiralty on Thursday and got the traffic in front of the government headquarters moving again before midnight.
Hong Kong police started to remove protesters who refused to leave the Occupy protest area in the commercial district of Admiralty on Thursday afternoon.
Hong Kong authorities on Thursday morning started clearing barriers in Occupy sites in Admiralty to free up main roads and streets that have been blocked by protesters for more than two months.
More than 100 Hong Kong police officers started removing barricades in Mong Kok, one of the main demonstration areas, Friday morning where Occupy movement participants had blockaded roads and streets from Sept. 28.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday urged foreign countries to stay out of Hong Kong affairs and refrain from supporting Occupy Central activities there.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying gave an urgent TV broadcast on Friday evening calling for peace after Occupy protesters clashed with anti-Occupy people in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong's two major commercial areas.
The Hong Kong government issued a statement on Thursday, urging protesters to put an end to Occupy Central protests.
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