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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: In Tai Po, police have fired at least 10 rounds of tear gas after seeing their defence lines challenged by protesters on the western side of Tai Po Tai Wo Road http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/oDSkbBUs8j

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      #LIVE: A rubber bullet is fired towards protesters in Tin Shui Wai. Demonstrators also find a hose to douse tear gas canisters with water, and are now spraying water into the police station car park http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtests

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: The Cross-Harbour Tunnel is still blocked. On the Hung Hom side, protesters have also set up barricades along the way as some march from Tsim Sha Tsui to the tunnel http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/TwxPxVQNQb

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: Raymond Ng, deputy director general of civil aviation, says 77 flights have been cancelled. He gives no guarantee those on strike will not be punished but says leave applications will be processed as normal http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtests

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: Senior Superintendent Kong Wing-cheung says social media users have appealed to some protesters to use knives to attack officers. “Such online messages are deeply worrying and must not be supported or promoted" http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtests

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: A truck with a crane speeds across Nam Wan Road and Tai Po Tai Wo Road, smashing through barricades. An angry protester gives chase and throws objects at the vehicle. Police let the truck go through a guard point http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/hfoS3CbnM5

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: About 50 riot police emerge onto Shing Mun Road and march down to thousands of protesters while firing about 30 shots of tear gas in around two minutes. The demonstrators retreat to Castle Peak Road http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: In Tuen Mun, protesters give out free McDonald’s burgers to affected passengers and drivers, saying: “Sorry for all the inconvenience caused.” http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/8b2SrI5TZG

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: Percival Street outside Times Square is being blocked by a relatively small group of protesters http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/HWgiZI26AJ

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      #LIVE: Protesters set fire to a tree outside the homes of police officers and their families in Wong Tai Sin, after throwing bricks at the lower floors of the building and breaking windows http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/OWl9ij8dDv

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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      SCMP News Retweeted Phila Siu (Bobby)

      #LIVE: Protesters remove the national flag from a pole near the ferry pier in Tsim Sha Tsui. One man drops it into the seahttps://twitter.com/phila_siu/status/1158339804863406080 …

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      Phila Siu (Bobby)Verified account @phila_siu
      Protesters took down the Chinese national flag from the pole at the Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier and dumped it onto the Victoria Harbour @SCMPNews pic.twitter.com/CGZfeNL06Z
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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: Protesters set fires at and besiege police stations, throw national flag into water as chaos reigns across Hong Kong http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/lVesmONDUt

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: A group of white-shirted men brandishing rods are attacking protesters in North Point http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ipmIct6zXV

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: Protesters are surrounding and breaking the windows of a flat in North Point where they believe the group of men who attacked them a few minutes ago are hiding. Someone inside takes out a knife and yells at protesters outside http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtests

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: Pictures from the clash in North Point http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/sRlcGUGfYW

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          SCMP News Retweeted Phila Siu (Bobby)

          #LIVE: Clash shifts to Sham Shui Pohttps://twitter.com/phila_siu/status/1158357766651678720 …

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          Phila Siu (Bobby)Verified account @phila_siu
          Sham Shui Po police fired more rounds of tear gas in a densely populated neighbourhood @SCMPNews pic.twitter.com/7I8j90lUmI
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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: There are no buses at all at the Admiralty MTR Station (East) Bus Terminus. There are usually a lot of buses parked here going to Ap Lei Chau and Southern district, as well as Sha Tin, among others http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/5vj22FTBfy

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: Protesters now occupy King's Road in North Point after pouring in from Causeway Bay. Some say a few residents in the neighbourhood have thrown objects at them from above. In return, they aim green laser lights at their flats http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/RvwNSqoeQI

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: Tear gas is continuously fired at protesters in Tin Shui Wai. Everyone is crouching and taking cover under umbrellas as rubber bullets are fired from the top floor of the police station http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/JMgwR6XZj5

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: The fight in Wong Tai Sin is finally over after six hours of violent clashes between police and protesters, with at least nine arrested http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtests

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          #LIVE: In Sha Tin, organisers of a rally against the extradition bill say about 30,000 attended, including those who sat inside New Town Plaza, a nearby shopping mall http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtests

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          SCMP News Retweeted Phila Siu (Bobby)

          #LIVE:https://twitter.com/phila_siu/status/1158374754820206593 …

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          Phila Siu (Bobby)Verified account @phila_siu
          A journalist was hit in his left eye by a tear gas canister after officers fired several rounds into Sham Shui Po residents. Bleeding badly on his left eye @SCMPNews pic.twitter.com/C9u2s9i7PS
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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 5
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          SCMP News Retweeted Rachel Cheung

          #LIVE: Police continue to fire tear gas in Tin Shui Wai http://sc.mp/tiw1  #HongKongProtestshttps://twitter.com/rachel_cheung1/status/1158382890578669568 …

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          Rachel CheungVerified account @rachel_cheung1
          It’s a night of endless teargas in Tin Shui Wai...Protesters may have braved them and put them out, but at the rate they are being unleashed, there’s just no way to contain them. I’ve washed my eyes for the fifth time this night. pic.twitter.com/HLqqkh8DAv
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