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	&quot;At about 1 am, (1700 Tuesday GMT) some protesters attempted to force their way into the Leg Co Complex and caused damage to various parts of the building,&quot; police said.</div>
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	Four men aged 18 to 24 were arrested for criminal damage and assaulting a police officer.</div>
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	Eyewitnesses said several dozen people had charged the legislative compound and police used pepper spray and batons to contain them.</div>
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	Morning sessions at the building were cancelled.</div>
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	Dr Chan Kin-man, one of the two founders of the Occupy Central movement, said if public support was waning for the movement, the occupation of the streets may not be the best way forward.</div>
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	He spoke after the Chinese University released a poll on Sunday showing that 67 per cent of Hong Kong residents in a survey said they wanted the protests to end.</div>
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	Protestors have been blocking three main thoroughfares of the city for almost 8 weeks to demand reforms ahead of the 2017 general election.</div>
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Renewed clashes between protestors and police in Hong Kong

Hong Kong (dpa) - Masked protesters attacked Hong Kong's legislative building in the early hours of Wednesday, a day after the relatively peaceful removal by police of some of the barricades set up by pro-democracy protesters.