 Legco president Andrew Leung estimated the cost of repairing the damage by the storming would amount to over HK$40 million (US$5 million)

A colonial-era flag was placed on the podium inside the occupied Legislative Council governing chambers as a tribute to Hong Kong's history under the British.It was seen as a call on the former colonial rulers to confront China regarding the recent events.25-year-old student activist Brian Leung Kai-ping, the only person who dared to remove their mask during the siege, climbed onto a legislator's desk and urged his fellows to stay united and remain in the Legco chamber, He presented this a new 10-point manifesto, decrying crony capitalism, the rotten government and rotten boroughs that underlay the political system.