Scores of Hong Kong businesses have vowed to shut down for a day as anger builds over the government's push to allow extraditions to China, opponents on Tuesday announced plans for fresh protests and strikes.
The financial hub was rocked by a huge rally over the weekend -- the largest since the city's 1997 return to China -- as vast crowds called on the city's leaders to scrap the Beijing-backed plan.
Many are fearful the proposed law will tangle people up in the mainland's opaque courts and hammer Hong Kong's reputation as an international business hub.
Organisers of the march said more than a million hit the streets on Sunday.
But the record crowds have failed to sway chief executive Carrie Lam who has rejected calls to withdraw or delay the bill and warned opponents against committing "radical acts".
On Wednesday lawmakers will begin the next debate on the bill in the city's parliament, which is dominated by Beijing loyalists.
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Officials say a final vote is not expected until at least 20 June.
Protest groups have vowed to stage a fresh rally outside parliament Wednesday morning -- although it was not yet clear whether police would allow a demonstration to take place.
Organisers have billed the gathering as a "picnic" in a park next to the building but cordons had been thrown up around that park on Tuesday while the parliament was under tight security.
A separate online petition calling on protesters to gather Tuesday evening and camp overnight outside parliament may prove more controversial -- in the early hours of Monday, police fought running battles with small groups of hardline protesters who had made similar plans to spend the night.
Ahead of Wednesday's debate, business owners took to social media using a hashtag that translates as "#612strike" -- the date of the proposed action -- to announce solidarity closures.
A large chunk are mom-and-pop style stores and small businesses that are a key part of the city's economy, but which often eschew the city's raucous street politics.
By Tuesday morning, more than 100 businesses had declared plans to strike, ranging from coffee shops and restaurants to camera stores, toy shops, nail salons, yoga studios and even an adult entertainment store.
"Hong Kong was built by our various generations with hard work," wrote Meet Yoga studio on its Instagram account.
"A Hong Kong without freedom -- how about we just wipe it off the map entirely and call it China?"
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