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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: Andy Chan Ho-tin, the founder of the outlawed Hong Kong National Party, and 7 other people arrested in Fo Tan on Thursday night, will be released on bail later today, according to three legal sourceshttp://sc.mp/8xoz 

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      #LIVE: A protester puts Post-it notes on a bus stop urging people to join a citywide strike planned for Monday http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/cP3RVThtTw

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: Scores of protesters are still heading south towards Tsim Sha Tsui along Nathan Road. Most street-level shops are closed. Meanwhile, in the past 30 minutes, no police officers or vehicles have been seen along Nathan Road http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/CURUQGjnQI

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: Protesters have vandalised Tsim Sha Tsui police station, while Nathan Road traffic lights received similar treatment http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/JEM8nHualo

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: Salisbury Road is blocked by barricades built by protesters at the junction with Nathan Road. The crossing is flooded with protesters, but it's not immediately clear where the main crowd wants to go http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/m4zSk9B4U5

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: 4 black-clad protesters near the Star Ferry pier have lowered the Chinese flag from its pole, removed it and thrown it into the harbour http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/1Pu6j9Ptzh

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: Organisers tell the media in a WhatsApp group that 120,000 people joined their official anti-government march in Mong Kok http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: Those behind the pro-police rally in Victoria Park on Hong Kong Island earlier said 90,000 were at their event http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      SCMP News Retweeted Jeffie Lam

      #LIVE: Protesters have burst out into the road at the exit of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, and placed barricades in the roadhttps://twitter.com/jeffielam/status/1157600080150401024 …

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      #breaking: #hongkong protesters setting up barricades at the entrance of the cross-harbour tunnel in Hung Hom .. they are indeed surprising people every week #antiELAB #hongkongprotests pic.twitter.com/GDeEwYsBVB
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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: Hong Kong protesters haul barricades to block key cross-harbour tunnel, causing traffic to seize up http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/4NQdijY1yn

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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      #LIVE: At about 6.30pm, protesters arrived at Hung Hom and started to block the roads outside the tunnel. Cars going to and from Hong Kong Island were stopped. A 111 bus had to let passengers get off at the toll booth http://sc.mp/8xoz pic.twitter.com/jWf7U4eHeV

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Police condemn protesters for paralysing traffic and hampering emergency services after the demonstrators blocked entrances of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel on the Kowloon side http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          SCMP News Retweeted Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

          #LIVE: Protesters are now leaving the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. The tunnel is partially reopened, to traffic heading towards Hong Kong Islandhttps://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1157604753808842752 …

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          "Police are gathering. We propose 2 options, stay or return to Mong Kok. I don't want to command anyone. I hope you can use your wisdom and decide. Let's all be safe today," the young man said to protesters occupying Hung Hom Tunnel #83march pic.twitter.com/dbIoKLvbAh
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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Helmets and masks are being distributed at multiple sites along Nathan Road, as protesters walk towards Tsim Sha Tsui http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/dcsTh9nQqq

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Joy Luk, a solicitor who was born blind, has joined every rally so far. “I was there when the police fired rubber bullets in Sheung Wan. I go to the front line to stop police from charging because I believe they wouldn’t harm someone who is blind.” http://sc.mp/8xoz pic.twitter.com/DvU7w2vATF

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: As night falls, protesters are congregating in Jordan, while some call for a move to Mong Kok. They have also visibly geared up with helmets and masks, as others don protection pads and thick vests http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/hKe0QMtBVO

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Cross-Harbour Tunnel reopens - the first vehicles have headed towards Hong Kong Island after the tunnel reopened following a protester blockade http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/NCPkKsMM2L

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Fences along Jordan Road are being dismantled to make barricades as others hold umbrellas to shield those in the act. Meanwhile, at the Nathan and Jordan Road crossing, protesters have occupied a junction http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/FlQLEsr6rd

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: The first of the protesters walking back from Tsim Sha Tsui, where protesters briefly blockaded the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, begin to arrive at Mong Kok train station in Argyle Street http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ywp7trji3w

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Traditional Hong Kong scaffolding made from bamboo is being used to build a barricade along Waterloo Road http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/6a5CeVPzi7

          4 replies 10 retweets 18 likes
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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Protesters have surrounded Tsim Sha Tsui police station, pointing laser pens at the building. Some are throwing projectiles through the gates http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/cfpJH69T8a

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Protesters are setting up barricades to block the street in Middle Road, near the junction with Nathan Road. They move road blocks into the street outside the Peninsula Hotel and ask bystanders not to take pictures http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/zbvhloYTFW

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Police estimate that 4,200 people took part in the approved march in Mong Kok this afternoon. Organisers earlier revealed their attendance estimate of 120,000 http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Another defence line is being drawn by protesters at the junction of Canton Road and Peking Road, as they block traffic to parts of Nathan Road, Salisbury Road, as well as access to the Star Ferry pier http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/DrGgsPBblm

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          SCMP News Retweeted Victor Ting

          #LIVE: Protesters were told at 8pm to “to stop their illegal acts and disperse peacefully” from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, police say. Some of the 100-strong crowd have been pelting bricks into the car park and spray-painting vehicles through fenceshttps://twitter.com/VictorTing7/status/1157632327046111232 …

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          Protesters spray-painting a vehicle inside TST police station, presumably belonging to an officer pic.twitter.com/0AvXlCaG4x
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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: A paper box outside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station is set on fire http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/LaVBPf9DQh

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Scenes from outside Tsim Sha Tsui police station. Some people are removing bricks from the ground outside, as the complex continues to be a target of ire http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/GW8Y8j4aSg

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Riot police come out in force from Mong Kok police station to clear road blocks and protesters in the area http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Hundreds of riot police officers are forming multiple lines of defence on Nathan Road. They have fired a round of tear gas in Austin Road as they step up their attempts to clear protesters http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/BJ7nFm1G4H

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: In a statement, police say they used tear gas to disperse protesters outside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station after a large "radical" group continued to gather, setting fire at various locations at the site http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: A police special tactical squad in Mong Kok is clamping down on protesters, using batons and pinning those they catch to the ground http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/QBkXwrpmsj

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Tear gas is likely to be fired towards protesters in Nathan Road, near Argyle Street, after police raised the black warning flag. A petrol bomb is thrown at police on Nathan Road but it lands short of its target http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/DunFUjV4KJ

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: There are ongoing stand-offs between police and protesters in at least three locations in the Nathan Road area, the main arterial road running through Kowloon http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Bm0VEbp83u

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Writing on his Facebook page, former chief executive Leung Chun-ying says he will offer HK$1 million to any resident who can provide evidence leading to the arrest of protesters who threw the Chinese flag into the harbour http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: More scenes from the ground in Mong Kok http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Ubr9qZJwfh

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        26. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Riot police advance on Nathan Road and briefly stop at Mong Kok MTR station, where plumes of white smoke are seen. Meanwhile, on another stretch along Nathan, a long line of at least 20 police vans carrying riot squads are travelling slowly http://sc.mp/8xoz pic.twitter.com/yFcF81Ca9L

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        27. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: More tear gas is fired in Tsim Sha Tsui outside the police station, forcing protesters to retreat http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Drys3B1Rav

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        28. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: A roadside vendor, equipped with gas mask and goggles, refuses to shut up shop despite finding himself in the midst of tear gas chaos http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/P62S846Ptj

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        29. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: The Cross-Harbour Tunnel is blockaded for the second time in five hours http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Tk15BCFnvn

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        30. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: At police’s request, routine MTR trains will skip Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei stations, but special services are being arranged to allow passengers to leave those stations http://sc.mp/8xoz  #hongkongprotests

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        31. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 3
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          #LIVE: Stand-offs between protesters and police continue in three locations: Tsim Sha Tsui - where things seem to be winding down - Mong Kok and Wong Tai Sinpic.twitter.com/Yw8PjwwcM5

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