Musicians wear masks as they perform during a flash mob concert at City University in Hong Kong on September 18, 2019. – As pro-democracy protests grind on for a fourth month, Hong Kong has been left counting the cost, with the citys tourist industry battered and businesses forced to lay off staff as they struggle to stay afloat.
Local media reported embattled leader Carrie Lam was expected to meet her cabinet on Friday morning to decide whether they should enact the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to ban all face coverings. Street battles raged for hours between riot police and hardcore protesters while a teenager who was part of a group that attacked police with umbrellas and poles was shot in the chest with a live round — the first such shooting since the protests began.