Three of the founders of Hong Kong’s so-called pro-democracy protest movement called yesterday for an end to demonstrations.

Professors Benny Tai Yiu-ting and Chan Kin-man and Pastor Chu Yiu-ming said they planned to surrender to police today to take responsibility for the protests.

Continual actions have shut down parts of the financial hub for more than two months.

Instead of street protests, the three say they hope to continue the campaign through networking among civic groups, community organising and “education.”

The three are founders of the Occupy Central movement, which wants to drop plans to screen candidates for the city’s chief executive.

That rule is part of a wider package of reforms that will improve the current undemocratic system in the city.

But student leader Joshua Wong said that he and two other members of his group would go on an indefinite hunger strike to press their demands.