Protesters to flood Hong Kong airport with their bodies on Saturday, Aug. 24

Chaos coming.

Belmont Lay | August 23, 2019, 01:07 AM

Protesters in Hong Kong are planning on using their bodies to flood the international airport and its connecting routes to cause a complete meltdown of the system.

Protesters have written online about this Saturday's plan: "Go to the airport by different means, including MTR, airport bus, taxi, bike and private car to increase pressure on airport transport."

The poster urged protesters to move slowly by dragging their feet when taking the public transport.

Why Hong Kong airport is attractive for protesters

The Hong Kong airport is an attractive place for protesters because of its design.

The narrow walkways are easy to blockade using trolleys, and the widespread use of glass would leave violent and adverse police action open to scrutiny as they are highly visible.

As the only airport in Hong Kong, anything negative happening to it would catch the attention of the rest of the world.

Concerns mounting

The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) is concerned about these plans to block roads leading to the airport, CNA reported.

The AA obtained an interim injunction from the court to stop people from "unlawfully and wilfully obstructing" the airport after protests rocked the transport hub.

The AA said on Thursday, Aug. 22 that it is applying for an extension of the injunction, which could make any obstruction of passageways to the airport by protesters on Saturday unlawful.

Hong Kong students skipping school

To pile on more bodies on the streets in the upcoming weeks, Hong Kong student leaders are urging their fellow students to give school a miss when it re-opens in September.

A two-week boycott of lectures from the upcoming start of the new term has been announced.

Student leaders representing most of the city's major universities said on Aug. 22 that students have been urged to miss lectures between Sept. 2 and 13.

This is to keep protesters on the streets to pressure the government.

Protests have lasted 12 weeks so far.

Students make up a large number of protesters on the streets daily.

Davin Wong, acting president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union, said: "As the situation has gotten more intense, we believe the social situation will bring more students into the boycott."

Wong said students will be encouraged to take time to "understand what happened in our society... what we can do for our city's future."

They threatened further action if the government does not adequately respond to the protesters' five demands.

These include spiking a controversial extradition Bill, universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into police violence during the protests.