Hong Kong’s French community gathered at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in Sai Ying Pun on Saturday evening to show solidarity with Paris and mourn those who died in the coordinated terror attacks that rocked the capital.

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The Hong Kong government has since issued an amber travel warning, advising against nonessential travel to France.

Around 18,000 French citizens live in Hong Kong.

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Photo: Dan Garrett.

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Tom is the editor-in-chief and founder of Hong Kong Free Press. He has a BA in Communications and New Media from Leeds University and an MA in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong. He has contributed to the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jazeera and others.