<p class="title">Hong Kong student leaders on Thursday announced a two-week boycott of lectures from the upcoming start of term, as they seek to keep protesters on the streets and pressure on the government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The financial hub has been rocked by three months of unrest, with students making up a large number of the pro-democracy protesters taking to the streets almost daily.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Student leaders representing most of the city's major universities said students will miss lectures between September 2 -- the planned start of the new term -- and September 13.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They threatened further action if the government does not adequately respond to the protesters' five demands, which include spiking a controversial extradition bill, universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into alleged police abuses during the protests.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Two weeks should be enough for the government to really think through how to respond," said Davin Wong, acting president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As the situation has gotten more intense, we believe the social situation will bring more students into the boycott."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wong said students will be encouraged to take time to "understand what happened in our society... what we can do for our city's future."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students have featured prominently in the weeks of protests that have rocked Hong Kong.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The demonstrations were sparked by an attempt by the city's government to bring in a bill that would have allowed for extradition to China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But they quickly morphed into a wider pro-democracy campaign, in a city where young people are boxed in by the soaring cost of living and worsening job prospects.</p>
<p class="title">Hong Kong student leaders on Thursday announced a two-week boycott of lectures from the upcoming start of term, as they seek to keep protesters on the streets and pressure on the government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The financial hub has been rocked by three months of unrest, with students making up a large number of the pro-democracy protesters taking to the streets almost daily.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Student leaders representing most of the city's major universities said students will miss lectures between September 2 -- the planned start of the new term -- and September 13.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They threatened further action if the government does not adequately respond to the protesters' five demands, which include spiking a controversial extradition bill, universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into alleged police abuses during the protests.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Two weeks should be enough for the government to really think through how to respond," said Davin Wong, acting president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As the situation has gotten more intense, we believe the social situation will bring more students into the boycott."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wong said students will be encouraged to take time to "understand what happened in our society... what we can do for our city's future."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students have featured prominently in the weeks of protests that have rocked Hong Kong.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The demonstrations were sparked by an attempt by the city's government to bring in a bill that would have allowed for extradition to China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But they quickly morphed into a wider pro-democracy campaign, in a city where young people are boxed in by the soaring cost of living and worsening job prospects.</p>