In the morning, Ho appeared in Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Shau Kei Wan to cheer up the teams of cleaners. At 11am, he shook hands and took selfies with dozens of cleaners near the Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus.

Ho told the media that the campaign was aimed at providing positive energy to people in different districts in Hong Kong and he welcomed local people and mainland Chinese to participate.

Some cleaners later argued with people wearing black shirts – the unofficial uniform of pro-democracy protesters – and local residents. They called the black-shirt crowd “cockroaches,” who replied with chants of “rubbish” and “triads.”

Several middle-aged residents kept shouting at the cleaners until Ho left in a van. The cleaners then also left. Dozens of police stopped residents from following the cleaners.

In Tsuen Wan, several people went to the Lennon Wall near an MTR station and started removing items from it at about 10am. A woman threw a garbage bag at a journalist and a man pushed a photographer. The cleaners stayed at the site for about 10 minutes.

At about 10:30am, police received a report that three people had a quarrel with about 20 to 30 people, who were wearing blue-shirts carrying the “I love police” logo, and were removing posters from the Lennon Wall near the Lok Fu MTR station. One man’s arm was injured by the people wearing blue shirts, who were also carrying long-handled shovels.

More than 10 people were removing anti-extradition posters near the Yuen Long MTR station. A man tried to stop them but failed. Riot police arrived and restored some calm.

Ho has been a controversial figure since he was seen shaking hands with the leader of a large group of men in white shirts shortly before the men indiscriminately attacked people in Yuen Long MTR station on July 21.

Earlier this week, Ho called for the Lennon Walls to be cleaned in 18 districts across Hong Kong. He said he hoped the cleaning team numbers would reach 30,000.

On Thursday, the police said Ho had canceled the clean-up. However, Ho said the campaign would continue, but there would be no need to apply for a letter of no objection from the police.

On Friday, the police said in a media briefing that they would arrest anyone who disrupts public order on the streets, regardless of their political background. Late in the evening, Ho wrote a post on social media saying the clean-up Hong Kong campaigns would not involve Lennon Walls, only the streets.