Hong Kong police chief called for peace ahead of large-scale government-authorized protest this weekend.

"We hope our people can show the world that Hong Kong people have the ability to organize a large and peaceful demonstration in an orderly and peaceful manner," said new Hong Kong police chief Chris. Tang said today, before departing for Beijing.

The Hong Kong Special Zone Government has rare "green light" for large-scale protests organized by the People's Front for Human Rights (CHRF) this Sunday.

Tang is expected to meet senior Chinese Ministry of Public Security officials and return to Hong Kong a few hours before the protest. This is seen as a measure of support for the Hong Kong democracy movement, after a strong victory at the district election last month.

"We want to tell Carrie Lam that the election results are not the end of the movement," CHRF Vice President Eric Lai said, sending a message to Chief of Hong Kong Special Zone.

Today, protesters are also planning a smaller scale march, protesting against the police using tear gas, which they think is excessive and harms innocent bystanders. Police said they had restricted the use of violence.

Since Hong Kong Democrats won a majority of the 452 county council seats on November 24, the special zone situation has calmed down.

"For the past two weeks, the city has been relatively peaceful. When people have a chance to rest, we hope the violent people will actually stop participating in illegal activities," Chris Tang added.

Hong Kong protests erupted in June, initially to protest the extradition bill that will allow suspects to be brought to the jurisdictional areas where the special zone has not signed an extradition treaty, including mainland China. After the Hong Kong government withdrew the bill, protesters continued down the road to make other requests, including investigating the use of force by police, organizing democratic elections and the Chief of Special Zone. Carrie Lam resigns.