China
2 December 2014
Last updated at 03:17 ET
Chan Kin-man, Benny Tai and Chu Yiu-ming plan to surrender to police on Wednesday
Occupy Central initially led pro-democracy protests, but has receded as students continued with demonstrations.
Student leader Joshua Wong has begun a hunger strike to demand talks to press China to scrap plans to screen candidates for the 2017 election.
The Chinese government has said it will allow direct elections for the Hong Kong chief executive, but it has stood by its plans to screen the candidates.
Occupy Central had earlier called on student leaders to exercise restraint. Last month Hong Kong media said they planned to surrender to the police to face the legal consequences of participating in protests deemed illegal by the authorities.
On Sunday night and early Monday, hundreds of protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround government offices in Admiralty.
The move was an escalation of protests in retaliation to authorities clearing the Mong Kok camp while acting on court orders. The protest sites at Admiralty and Causeway Bay still remain.
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by Xian Wan and Biodun Iginla, BBC News Website
Chan Kin-man, Benny Tai and Chu Yiu-ming plan to surrender to police on Wednesday
The co-founders of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong have reiterated calls for protesters to retreat.
Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming also said they would turn themselves in to police on Wednesday.Occupy Central initially led pro-democracy protests, but has receded as students continued with demonstrations.
Student leader Joshua Wong has begun a hunger strike to demand talks to press China to scrap plans to screen candidates for the 2017 election.
The Chinese government has said it will allow direct elections for the Hong Kong chief executive, but it has stood by its plans to screen the candidates.
Occupy Central had earlier called on student leaders to exercise restraint. Last month Hong Kong media said they planned to surrender to the police to face the legal consequences of participating in protests deemed illegal by the authorities.
On Sunday night and early Monday, hundreds of protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround government offices in Admiralty.
The move was an escalation of protests in retaliation to authorities clearing the Mong Kok camp while acting on court orders. The protest sites at Admiralty and Causeway Bay still remain.
- 1984: Britain and China sign an agreement where Hong Kong is guaranteed "a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defence affairs" for 50 years following the handover in 1997.
- June-July 2014: Pro-democracy activists hold an unofficial referendum on political reform and a large rally. This is followed by protests by pro-Beijing activists.
- 31 August 2014: China says it will allow direct elections in 2017, but voters will only be able to choose from a list of pre-approved candidates. Activists stage protests.
- 22 September 2014: Student groups launch a week-long boycott of classes in protest.
- 28 September 2014: Occupy Central and student protests join forces and take over central Hong Kong.
- October 2014: Chief Executive CY Leung dismisses demands for his resignation. Discussions between government and student leaders go nowhere. High court begins granting injunctions to clear protest sites.
- 15 November 2014: Student leaders' attempt to travel to Beijing fails.
- 18 November 2014: Bailiffs move in to clear a portion of the Admiralty protest site.
- 26 November 2014: More than 100 arrests during clearance of Mong Kok site.
- 2017: Direct elections for chief executive due to take place.
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