HONG KONG (REUTERS) - Over a thousand protesters in Hong Kong gathered in a town near the Chinese border on Sunday (Jan 5), seeking to keep up pressure on the government to give in to their demands for greater democracy.

The demonstrators in Sheung Shui vented their anger at so-called "parallel traders" from China who buy vast amounts of duty free goods in Hong Kong and take them back to the mainland to sell at a profit.

Locals say it pushes up prices and adds to growing tensions between Hong Kong residents and mainland Chinese.