#LIVE: Crowds gather on a footbridge overlooking Sha Tsui Playground in Tsuen Wan, where an authorised event is due to start at 1pm. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/95Uvy1sxd1
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#LIVE: The head of the unapproved march reaches the junction where Hennessy Road meets Johnston Road and Heard Street in Wan Chai. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/hfytELNPGz
#LIVE: Protesters are throwing bamboo sticks onto Wong Tai Sin Road to build a roadblock. Demonstrators were earlier moved away by police from Wong Tai Sin Square, with blue flags raised in warning of force. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: With the march in Wan Chai, organisers ask participants to stand still and observe a one-minute silence.
“Let’s mourn for all those have sacrificed for this movement,” says Lee Cheuk-Yan, founder of the Labour Party. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/NlPGkURc8U
#LIVE: Riot police with shields and helmets stand on the bridge outside Wan Chai Computer Centre, as crowds chant “Corrupted Police” and “Triads”. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ZEGmiYqroX
#LIVE: On the thousands-strong march on Hong Kong Island, officers with helmets and shields can be seen on the footbridge next to the police headquarters in Wan Chai. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/kDnA1m74pZ
#LIVE: Dozens of protesters retreat back to Wong Tai Sin Road after attempting to return to the square, where they were originally driven away by police. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: The head of the Hong Kong Island march has reached Pacific Place in Admiralty, with police officers holding guard just metres away on the footbridge next to the police headquarters. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/wMbkAzJVUO
#LIVE: Outside Tuen Mun town hall, police are dispersing protesters with batons.
Protesters hurl objects such as umbrellas and paper money at officers. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/t0uZ1buNPc
#LIVE: Two large banners are flown from the flyover near Pacific Place in Admiralty. They read “Fight for freedom”, and “Anti-communist. Enforce justice on behalf of heavens”. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/sSkshf2JNR
#LIVE: Police fire at least one tear gas round in Wong Tai Sin, where police have been engaged in cat-and-mouse exchanges with protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: About a dozen riot police are being rounded on by more than 100 protesters outside Tuen Mun town plaza, where officers are being hit and are having objects thrown at them. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Protesters march with black balloons along Hennessy Road in Wan Chai, where they plan to release them into the sky. The props are one of the gestures of "mourning" to counter the National Day celebrations. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/FtWEK81PAa
#LIVE: The head of the procession arrives at Chater Road, the end point for the illegal march. Figo Chan, one of the pro-democracy activists who organised the rally, announces the end of the protest and dismisses protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/qaTvkO8F0A
#LIVE: Protesters originally planning to stage a rally in Maple Street playground in Sham Shui Po split into two groups. One goes to Tsim Sha Tsui, the other group builds barricades at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Rd & Wong Chuk St. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/0RX8dL0rpq
#LIVE: More than 100 protesters have spilled onto the Tsuen Wan section of Castle Peak Road, opposite the MTR station. They burn props for the dead and mock President Xi Jinping, asking the Chinese leader to "take the offerings". https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Tear gas is fired again on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. After the tear gas, police clean up bamboo sticks on Lung Cheung Road protesters used to block traffic. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: MTR has announced that four more stations are closed: Kwai Fong, Kwai Hing, Diamond Hill and Tai Wo Hau are closing, bringing the total to 15. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Two more rounds of tear gas have been fired in Wong Tai Sin, while in Sham Shui Po, riot police put on gas masks after warning they will fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Nxob8LpuV7
#LIVE: Protesters destroy a banner celebrating the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China at Pacific Place in Admiralty. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Et0iKtR26U
#LIVE: Police are now stationed under the flyover of Po Kong Village Road on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/XGGT5gHBYd
#LIVE: Protesters set small fires on roadside plantation strip as they retreat eastward on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/SMyRw8DRMK
#LIVE: A little earlier, a flash mob of six protesters wearing V for Vendetta masks bring self-made paper portraits of President Xi Jinping and Carrie Lam to the PLA Gun Club Hill Barracks in Jordan, before setting them on fire. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/E2flu9sxKt
#LIVE: Riot police are regrouping inside Tuen Mun Town Hall after a violent clash with protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Al3FCwvrqR
#LIVE: The three major battlefields are now in Sha Tin, Sham Shui Po and Wong Tai Sin. Protesters are also gathering in at least four other locations: northern Hong Kong Island, Tsuen Wan, Mong Kok and Tuen Mun. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Protesters tie ropes to a metal grille door at an exit of Causeway Bay MTR station, as protesters continue to join the march to Central from Victoria Park, almost two hours after it started. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/AdZK3B6kgj
#LIVE: Protesters are setting up road blocks on Connaught Road West, a few blocks to the east of Beijing’s liaison office in Sai Ying Pun. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: MTR Corp says Sai Ying Pun station is shut, the 16th station closed today https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: By now the head of the march on Hong Kong Island has reached the finishing point in Central, with one organiser estimating 100,000 people had attended. But more keep streaming in from Causeway Bay and Tin Hau https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: In Tuen Mun, police are charging at protesters after some threw petrol bombs. Responding, police fire tear gas againhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1178932704106012673 …
#LIVE: Police have issued a statement on social media: "Rioters have used corrosive fluid in the Tuen Mun area, injuring multiple officers and reporters" https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/emIk5nUNTA
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