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HONG KONG—Authorities in Hong Kong tightened security and braced for potential evening clashes between masked “Halloween” pro-democracy protesters and fancy-dressed clubbers in a popular party district in the heart of the city.

Protesters, many of whom still wear now-banned face-masks, are planning to march from Victoria Park in the Causeway Bay shopping district to the Lan Kwai Fong bar and entertainment area near Central.

The area is popular with office workers and party goers including expatriates.

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Police have banned the march and said they would close roads including the sloping Lan Kwai Fong strip itself, from early afternoon until Friday morning to “facilitate the public celebrating.” It was not immediately clear how that would work.

It is the first time protesters have targeted the party district.

Typically weekends and special events like Halloween see hordes of revelers spill out of the bars and clubs.

Some protesters have thrown petrol bombs at police, lit fires across the Asian financial hub and trashed buildings during five months of unrest.

During previous protests, police have fired at protesters with tear gas and water cannon. Bar owners told Reuters that the police pledged to take a low profile on the fringes of the celebrations, and to protect them.

Paulo Estaban, manager of Ciao Chow, a restaurant in the heart of the strip, said the protests were not a “big concern” and that they would be “running business as usual”. Many others agreed.

But one manager of a top-end, high-rise bar, who did not want to be identified, said it would be “madness” not to be worried.

A stampede at midnight on New Year’s Eve in 1992, when thousands had gathered, killed at least 20 and wounded scores.

Hong Kong’s subway operator MTR Corp said it would shut some stations earlier than usual after conducting a “joint risk assessment” with the government. Central station, a few minutes walk from the thronging district, will shut by 9 p.m.

Prince Edward station, on the bustling Kowloon peninsula, would be shut from 2 p.m. as protesters planned a vigil to mark two months since large clashes between police and protesters.

The city’s local theme park, Ocean Park, said it was canceling its annual Halloween fest to prioritize the safety of visitors and staff.

Staff at the park, which is located on the southern part of Hong Kong island and away from the teeming bars, expressed disappointment at the last minute cancellation.

This month Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam banned protesters from wearing face masks under a British colonial-era emergency law, but the measure has been largely ignored.

Halloween masks have not been banned, which would make it difficult for police to differentiate protesters from the plethora of revellers in fancy dress.

Police have warned members of the public that unauthorized assembly poses a serious threat to public order and safety.

Protesters are angry at what they see as Beijing’s increasing interference in Hong Kong, which returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” formula intended to guarantee freedoms not seen on the mainland.

China denies meddling and has accused foreign governments, including the United States and Britain, of stirring up trouble.

Economic figures for the third quarter of this year, to be announced later on Thursday, are set to show that Hong Kong has slid into its first recession since the global financial crisis of 2008 as the protests, trade tensions and global economic pressures weigh.

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