#LIVE: 25 cross-harbour bus routes have been rerouted. Jewellery stores on the junction of Hennessy Road and Percival Street have shuttered. Causeway Bay Plaza 1 is also closed http://buff.ly/2MiFtGN #728protest
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#LIVE: MTR Corp has announced that crowd management measures may be implemented and selected entrances of stations between Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun may be closed if necessary. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chaos as night falls, with tear gas fired at several locations http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/6oxyakEqzc
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#LIVE: Meanwhile, at Chater Garden where an approved rally is still under way, there are no further programmes held, but the stage remains open to any person who has views to express. Some are leaving. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/NWmEqr2ThO
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#LIVE: Police make at least a dozen arrests on Des Voeux Road West with protesters seen pressed to the ground or to the side of the streets after police fires more tear gas. Meanwhile, riot police fire more tear gas on Connaught Road Central. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/4b6fREU49S
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#LIVE: From the MTR - Starting from 8pm, Island Line train service will only be maintained between Chai Wan & Sheung Wan stations at 3-minute intervals. Train services for Sai Ying Pun, HKU and Kennedy Town will be temporarily suspended. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestShow this thread -
#LIVE:Lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki: “I thought (police) had learnt their lessons after firing tear gas at elderly care homes in Yuen Long yesterday. But today they have repeated their tactics, with residents, especially elderly ones, inhaling tear gas." http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/kjD0F2VMK6
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#LIVE: Outside Western Market, new rounds of tear gas have been fired on Connaught Road West. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters set fire to a trolley of used cardboard and push it toward police on Connaught Road West. It comes to a halt before reaching the police cordon. Officers fire tear gas in response. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/4sCnirL90c
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#LIVE: Protesters are digging bricks up from the pavement, and taking bamboo scaffolding from the corner of Cleverly Street and Des Voeux Road. The bamboo scaffolding is being carried towards Western Market. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/p2ruT6apSE
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#LIVE: Police say that some protesters have set a cart on fire near Western Market and pushed it towards officers, threatening the safety of all at the scene. The force also says some protesters are committing arson at various locations. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/nrIB2sUtkH
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#LIVE: Protesters are now trying to hold down the fort outside Shun Tak Centre, ducking shots and running into the chaos to put out smoke when they spot tear gas rounds on the ground. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/RmrqqkjxpH
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#LIVE: At the junction between Cleverly Street and Des Voeux Road Central, more tear gas has been used on hundreds of protesters http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/KHB65z1Qlu
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#LIVE: A group of civil servants will stage a rare rally in Chater Garden on Friday to demand Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses the protesters' demands. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestShow this thread -
#LIVE: A young protester is carried away from the front line on Connaught road with blood coming out of a wound on his left ankle. He says he was hit by a foam bullet. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/Eu2gzHPFWP
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#LIVE: Police have fired numerous rounds of tear gas to disperse protesters over the last hour along two main battle lines on Connaught Road Central and Des Voeux Road Central. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/ehknGkHopq
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#LIVE: Groups of protesters break off metal fences lining Des Voeux Road, with others using umbrellas to block the view. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/EG7ud6zSyk
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#LIVE: Scenes on Des Voeux Road Central and Man Wah Lane http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/pvtoPvgemZ
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#LIVE: In Central, near Queen Victoria Street, protesters are setting up barricades on Des Voeux Road Central. Some protesters are seen walking in the direction of Chater Garden. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/VbTXRgVpUL
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#LIVE: Black circled stars in the map below indicate where shifting clashes are occurring as of 10.30pm http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/hk3RZhv2QQ
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#LIVE: On Rumsey Street flyover, protesters have been preparing materials such as planks and boards, bringing them towards where clashes are happening, seemingly to use as shields. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/CI7RaZeA5Y
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#LIVE: Protesters are helping MTR staff at Sheung Wan station spread information about a safe exit away from tear gas and police operations. "All exits are closed now, please leave via exit D." Others distribute masks to passengers. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/3pHST81ug2
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#LIVE: About 100 protesters have come from the Wan Chai direction to take up positions at a road block on Jubilee Street again. The area is where police have pushed back demonstrators from the liaison office. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/vXox43Il6I
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#LIVE: MTR Corporation says the suspended Island line services from Sai Ying Pun, HKU, and Kennedy Town, have returned to normal. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestShow this thread -
#LIVE: By 11.55pm, the east bound lane of Des Voeux Road Central is still blocked by barricades set up by protesters. Pedder Street to Connaught Road Central is also blocked. Chater Garden is empty. http://sc.mp/ecki#728protestpic.twitter.com/ZfXmFo8z5i
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