“Umbrella Revolution” protesters in Hong Kong held their largest rally yet Saturday night, a defiant show of force following a threat by Hong Kong’s chief executive that he would “clear the streets” by Monday morning.

The chief executive of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, said in a televised address that all entrances to government headquarters would be cleared by Monday. He said the conflict  would be “very likely to keep getting out of hand.” He accused the Occupy movement of seriously impacting average Hong Konger’s lives, incomes and public services.

Chun-ying said “all actions necessary” would be taken to clear the streets of the pro-democracy protests. Police used tear gas in a failed attempt to break up the protest last week.

“Even after all these incidents, it shows that the more they suppress us, the more we will fight,” student leader Joshua Wong told Saturday night’s rally.

“We know that every time they assault us, we resist harder,” Alex Chow Yong Kang, the secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, told the crowd. “And we know we’re on the right path, otherwise the government wouldn’t have been so afraid of us.”.