Hong Kong: Thousands marched in the rain with teachers towards Hong Kong’s government house on Saturday, after an undeterred crowd of 60,000 people chanted “Freedom for Hong Kong” at a rally in the business district on Friday evening.

But Sunday was expected to be the biggest test of continued community support for the protesters, with a big rally planned for Victoria Park despite a police ban on marching beyond the park’s grounds.

Demonstrators hold signs during the Stand with Hong Kong, Power To The People Rally at Chater Garden in Hong Kong, China. Credit:Bloomberg

All week television news channels in Hong Kong had been showing footage of Chinese military vehicles, water cannons and the People’s Armed Police drilling for riots in a sports stadium just across the border in Shenzhen.

Beijing has threatened it may intervene if the Hong Kong protests don’t stop.