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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: The road outside Victoria Park has been turned into a sea of umbrellas as it begins to pour http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/D4tjLtfRPD

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      #LIVE: A group of protesters led by “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung, the pro-democracy campaigner, is marching outside of Victoria Park. The park is the only area where the rally is authorised by police http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtests

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: Protesters are marching in the direction of Wan Chai. Police have refused applications for marches leaving Victoria Park, where the only protest event sanctioned by police for the area is being held #antiEALB #HongKongProtests

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: Protesters are now also on Kai Chiu Road and Yun Ping Road, relatively narrow streets in Causeway Bay. Hennessy Road, the main thoroughfare, is fully jammed #antiEALB #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Icfj8bkIas

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: Two anti-riot vehicles, which have water cannons, left the Police Tactical Unit's Fanling headquarters this morning to be on standby on Hong Kong Island, according to a source. The vehicles were road-tested earlier this month http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtests

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: Labour Party leader Lee Cheuk-yan appealed to the crowd to leave after the head of the procession he jointly led arrived in Chater Garden in Central. The garden was the end point for a march proposed by the Civil Human Rights Front http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtests

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: Addressing demonstrators, Lee says the economy is struggling because of the government's failure to listen to people's demands, rather than as a result of the protests http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/6oWO0EfZO1

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: In Wan Chai, the sea of protesters parts to make way for an ambulance. Earlier this week, some protesters were criticised for disrupting rescue operations at the airport http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: Hours after the rally started, Victoria Park remains packed, with four football pitches filled with protesters. Gloucester Road is busy with people trying to join the rally, as pictured http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ri3qnSSOSm

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: Protesters are packing Hennessy Road in both directions outside Sogo department store. The crowd is barely moving, leaving people stuck in the heavy rain http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtests

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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      #LIVE: New World First Bus and Citybus announce that 31 routes are suspended while 58 routes are diverted. Find out which routes are affected on our live blog http://buff.ly/2HbVCKM  #HongKongProtests

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Crowds on King's Road, near Fortress Hill MTR station, start to dwindle. People are walking in both directions http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/s9HoBwCR6b

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Thousands of protesters are still marching from Causeway Bay to Central, some marching via Harcourt Road past the city government's headquarters http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/vBciZZh8FH

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: As protesters continue to march from Causeway Bay to Sheung Wan, no police officers can be seen along the route, except outside Beijing’s liaison office http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/qdwhEsfHqz

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Outside police headquarters on Arsenal Street, Wan Chai, protesters yell "black cops" and "triads". Some point laser beams at the building complex. No police are on guard outside the premises, which is heavily guarded by water barricades http://sc.mp/riq6 pic.twitter.com/vZI1jE1aE1

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: There is a major jam inside and outside Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, as protesters walk in various directions. Some try to go to Victoria Park, others want to get inside the store for a break http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/16CVPxE549

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: As night falls, crowds on Causeway Road outside Victoria Park are thinning out. Westbound traffic has restarted, although eastbound lanes remain blocked http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/JgOLBFCs1H

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE:https://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1163050219241500673 …

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          A makeshift booth dispensing coins to help protesters buy single journey tickets at Admiralty. Demonstrators have been wary of using their Octopus cards for fear of being traced by the authorities. Follow our live coverage: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022772/anti-government-protesters-hong-kong-flock-victoria-park … Video by @Tominmedill pic.twitter.com/GoAJIOTITr
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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          Happening now: Protesters on Harcourt Road are pointing laser beams at police headquarters. Such repeated acts in the past have attracted a police response. #antiEALB #HongKongProtesters pic.twitter.com/Inoa0Uo3jl
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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: KMB will arrange special 101 buses from 7.45pm, to carry passengers between Canal Road East in Wan Chai and the Cross-Harbour Tunnel toll plaza in Hung Hom – one end of the tunnel to the other. All other buses via the tunnel remain suspendedhttp://sc.mp/riq6 

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: What happened during today's march. Yellow lines show where marchers stuck to the pavement, orange lines show where they took over some of the road, and the red lines show where they took up the whole road http://sc.mp/riq6 pic.twitter.com/inifD5Ff35

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Protesters are still marching from Causeway Bay to Central, which is now relatively quiet. Unlike during previous protests, they have not set up any blockades, in keeping with the Civil Human Rights Front’s wish that today's event be peaceful http://sc.mp/riq6 pic.twitter.com/8hH3WzLoS5

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: After disruption earlier in the day, MTR services are back to normal http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/zQCPfGLHgx

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: On Harcourt Road, protesters chase and surround a man in a red T-shirt, said to be from Fujian province. Pro-Beijingers from the province have recently clashed with protesters http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/RUxJOWo9SC

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: The Civil Human Rights Front, which organised the rally in Victoria Park, says the rally has officially ended. The group will stay at the park until 11pm, when the event was officially allowed to run until http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtests

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Someone has left dry clothes at Causeway Bay MTR station, for rain-sodden protesters to change into. Some marchers dry their feet in front of fans in Times Square http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/MCGxZsPl5L

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: The usually bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay is very quiet. Many of the shops closed earlier in the day, while the main thoroughfare of Hennessy Road was closed to traffic because protesters spilled onto it http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/YRUJtwgpLF

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: In Admiralty, near the city government's HQ, protesters are gathered, taunting police and shining the customary laser beams. Many are wearing respirators used to defend against tear gas, but they are not building barricades http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/CgJpMDTvLK

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit, convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front, says 1.7 million people attended the group's rally at Victoria Park http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtests

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: "Today has been peaceful, which is exactly what Carrie Lam asked for," Sham says. "I also believe there won’t be clashes tonight. I trust in Hongkongers' wisdom." http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtests

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Police warn protesters gathered on Harcourt Road, Admiralty, to leave immediately. They say protesters flung hard objects at the government headquarters using catapults, and flashed laser beams at police officers http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtests

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Some protesters on Harcourt Road are calling on everyone to go home http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtests

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: A video on social media shows protesters have taken the Chinese flag down from Guangdong Investment Tower in Sheung Wan. When the Post arrives, the Chinese flag is indeed gone, but the Hong Kong flag remains http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/WeLglyWT9X

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: On Harcourt Road, there is some pushing between protesters and a man in a white shirt. Other demonstrators quickly try to defuse the argument. When things die down, the man appears to be bleeding http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtests

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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 18
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          #LIVE: Police say 128,000 people joined the rally in Victoria Park at its peak today http://sc.mp/riq6  #HongKongProtests

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