Hong Kong anti-government protesters staged rallies in tourist hotspots in Kowloon from Tuesday into early Christmas Day, with police using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and other projectiles in efforts to disperse crowds that had gathered in the streets by nightfall.Police deployed in and around malls in the Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok areas, while a water cannon vehicle on the main route of Nathan Road was used to clear makeshift roadblocks set up by protesters and blast water at those fleeing down alleys.An HSBC bank in Mong Kok was vandalized, as were some traffic lights and a s…READ FULL ARTICLE