On 10 November , around 1,000 pro-democracy demonstrators , many wearing yellow ribbons and carrying yellow umbrellas , marched to the PRC Liaison Office in Sai Wan to protest the arrests of people expressing support for the protest . The marchers included Alex Chow , who announced that the Federation of Students were writing to the 35 local delegates to the National People 's Congress to enlist their help in setting up talks with Beijing . On 30 October Chow and other student leaders had announced that they were considering plans to take their protest to the APEC summit to be held in Beijing on 10 and 11 November . As observers had predicted , the student delegation led by Chow was prevented from travelling to China when they attempted to leave on 15 November . Airline officials informed them that mainland authorities had revoked their Home Return Permits , effectively banning them from boarding the flight to speak to government officials in Beijing
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