Pro-democracy lawmakers are seeking an emergency injunction later Sunday in a bid to overturn the face mask ban and declare the emergency powers invalid because they bypass the city's legislature
The night's 'extreme violence' justified the use of the emergency law, Beijing-backed Lam said in a television address on Saturday
The ban was aimed at quelling nearly four months of unrest but instead sparked widespread clashes and vows of defiance, with a 14-year-old boy reportedly shot and wounded
The government will enact the Emergency Regulations Ordinance after a special meeting of the city's Executive Council on Friday
Running battles raged for hours across multiple locations as hardcore protesters hurled rocks and petrol bombs
Retail sales forecast for Hong Kong have fallen 14 per cent in August from a year ago and hotel occupancy rates have slid to 66 per cent from 94 per cent in August 2018
A series of protests for and against Communist Party rulers in Beijing is planned for the Chinese-ruled city ahead of the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic on Tuesday, including at the consula
When Chief Executive Carrie Lam proposed amending the extradition law in February, she cited the case of Chan Tong-kai, wanted in Taiwan in connection with the February 2018 slaying of his girlfriend
In a tweet early on Friday, Wong asked for the franchise of Maxim's Caterers, which runs the Starbucks outlets in the city, to be terminated "immediately"
Both Lam and Beijing have ruled out any further concessions to protesters
Some put a Chinese flag on the floor and took turns running over it, before defacing it and putting it in a dumpster outside, which they then pushed into a nearby river
Lam promised to hold the talks to try to end the disruptions in the Asian financial hub
Britain says it has a legal responsibility to ensure China abides by its obligations under the 1984 declaration
It is unlikely that Hong Kong will go back to what it was before the latest unrest erupted
More protests are planned this weekend
The lack of a clear leader is one of the main reasons the protests have carried on this long and show no end in sight
She also urged embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to hold a dialogue with the people of Hong Kong, who should take an opportunity in an effort to end to the crisis "peacefully and constructively"
Hong Kong's government expressed regret over the US bill, known as the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
China has accused foreign forces of trying to hurt Beijing by creating chaos in Hong Kong over an extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be tried in Communist Party-controlled courts
Riot police dispersed demonstrators in parts of of Central only for them to regather in other districts.