The year-end family trip to Hong Kong was meant to be a birthday gift to her mother, but Ms Sharon Long is now considering cancelling it.
Ms Long, 37, made arrangements for the week-long December holiday about two months ago, when protests against a controversial extradition Bill there had not yet grown violent.
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