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This is, for sure, definitely not the end of the movement, Alex Chow, a leader from the Hong Kong Federation of Students, told The Telegraph. This mornings act is only part of the movement.

As police pushed slowly towards the heart of the protest camp where the so-called Umbrella Movement began in late September tearful protesters began clearing the multicoloured tents in which some have lived for weeks.

It is my birthday today but it is also the saddest birthday in my life, said Benjamin Ng, a 44-year-old church worker. I feel very conflicted about what to do today I want to sit down and be arrested but I know my family worry about me and I also want to study in the UK at some point so I had better not be arrested.

Rose Tang, a student activist during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests said she had flown in from New York to witness the Hong Kong demonstrations up close.

This has been the most special camping trip I have ever been on, Ms Tang said.

It has been a meaningful journey, said Connie Mak, a 20-year-old student protester. We are only moving to the next stage of resistance.

The Umbrella Movement began in late September after calls for Beijing to give Hong Kong citizens a greater say in the election of their leader triggered street protests and clashes with police. The movement, which at its peak drew more than 100,000 people onto the streets, was named after the instrument protesters used to shield themselves from police pepper spray and tear gas.

Seventy-five days after the movement began, students have been unable to squeeze concessions out of officials in either Beijing or Hong Kong. Pro-Beijing media have described the campaign as an abject failure.

The government had been prudent in responding to the illegal movement and had ultimately won, said Zou Pingxue, a Chinese law professor who has been widely quoted criticising protestors in the mainland media.

The only success of this movement that I can think of is that it has taught residents of Hong Kong that trying to pursue democracy out of the normal legal framework is not real democracy, added Prof Zou, from Shenzhen University. It is impossible to attain the highest level [of democracy] in just one step.

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Published December 11, 2014

Workers clear barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started clearing barricades Thursday from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(The Associated Press)

A protester sits at a main road as workers start clearing barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started clearing barricades Thursday from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(The Associated Press)

A bird rests on a barricade as workers start clearing barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started clearing barricades Thursday from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(The Associated Press)

HONG KONG Hong Kong authorities cleared barricades Thursday from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months.

Watched by police, workers in white helmets used box cutters and pliers to remove plastic ties from the barricades, which were made up of metal and plastic safety barriers topped with traffic cones and scaffolding poles. They then passed parts of the barricades to co-workers who quickly shuffled them away to the side of the road.

The protesters reject Beijing's restrictions on the first election for the city's top leader, scheduled for 2017, but have failed to win any concessions from Hong Kong's government, and the movement's momentum has faded recently as the government stuck to its apparent strategy of waiting the protesters out.

Politics student Max Leung, 22, said he felt sad to see the barricades removed and would stay until police cleared the area. He said he was willing to be arrested but would not resist officers.

"We redefined the public space," Leung said at his tent set up within the zone. "It was supposed to be just cars and now we occupy it, we have a study area for students in the middle of the highway, people here they care about each other."

The workers were carrying out a court restraining order calling for barriers to be dismantled and obstructions removed from three sections of the protest site. Police then plan to move in to clear other blocked sections of road so that traffic can start flowing again.

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Hong Kong authorities start removing barricades from main pro-democracy protest camp

This is, for sure, definitely not the end of the movement, Alex Chow, a leader from the Hong Kong Federation of Students, told The Telegraph. This mornings act is only part of the movement.

As police pushed slowly towards the heart of the protest camp where the so-called Umbrella Movement began in late September tearful protesters began clearing the multicoloured tents in which some have lived for weeks.

It is my birthday today but it is also the saddest birthday in my life, said Benjamin Ng, a 44-year-old church worker. I feel very conflicted about what to do today I want to sit down and be arrested but I know my family worry about me and I also want to study in the UK at some point so I had better not be arrested.

Rose Tang, a student activist during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests said she had flown in from New York to witness the Hong Kong demonstrations up close.

This has been the most special camping trip I have ever been on, Ms Tang said.

It has been a meaningful journey, said Connie Mak, a 20-year-old student protester. We are only moving to the next stage of resistance.

The Umbrella Movement began in late September after calls for Beijing to give Hong Kong citizens a greater say in the election of their leader triggered street protests and clashes with police. The movement, which at its peak drew more than 100,000 people onto the streets, was named after the instrument protesters used to shield themselves from police pepper spray and tear gas.

Seventy-five days after the movement began, students have been unable to squeeze concessions out of officials in either Beijing or Hong Kong. Pro-Beijing media have described the campaign as an abject failure.

The government had been prudent in responding to the illegal movement and had ultimately won, said Zou Pingxue, a Chinese law professor who has been widely quoted criticising protestors in the mainland media.

The only success of this movement that I can think of is that it has taught residents of Hong Kong that trying to pursue democracy out of the normal legal framework is not real democracy, added Prof Zou, from Shenzhen University. It is impossible to attain the highest level [of democracy] in just one step.

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