People throng overnight to buy last edition of Hong Kong''s pro-democracy newspaper Hong Kong, June 24 (ANI): Scores of Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy a copy of Hong Kong''s Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper''s last-ever edition which is to be closed its final chapter on Thursday. As queues of customers stretched outside newsstands across Hong Kong on early Thursday, a round of applause erupted in the Apple Daily newsroom at 11. 45 pm to mark executive editor-in-chief Lam Man-chung sending off the last issue of the newspaper to the printing press, South China Morning Post reported. "Keep it up, Apple Daily! Keep it up, Hong Kong!" staff chanted, as the paper''s followers outside its Tseung Kwan O headquarters whistled and clapped in support. According to SCMP, several offices in the building could be seen descending into darkness as the media operation wound down for good. In a nod to the 2019 unrest, some outside were wearing black and shouting "Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times", a slogan popular with anti-government protesters. The chants soon fell silent.