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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: A couple in their 50s, who only give their surname as Lee, are out in Great George St to protest, saying they are tired but must hit the streets. “Not all of us can migrate, and even migrating is just running from the problem.” https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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      #LIVE: In Sham Shui Po, an unapproved rally was scheduled to take place at Maple Street Playground. But the site has been closed because of a “special incident”, according to a government sign. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/hodwFYJF39

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, one of the pan democrats who has initiated the march from Causeway Bay, says organisers are building a platform for people from all walks of life to fight for freedoms. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ce6fDBgzrp

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Protesters mill about in the plaza outside Tuen Mun Court after riot police leave. The scene is largely peaceful with protesters chanting their demands for an independent inquiry into police, and electoral reform. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/CWDfMFhz1k

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Thousands have started marching from Causeway Bay, on a route expected to be similar to one that was banned by police. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Protesters occupy all lanes of Hennessy Road in Causeway Bay, as the head of the march reaches Bowrington Road in Wan Chai. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/uFb1ykZgCp

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Four members of the League of Social Democrats are arrested on their way to join the unauthorised march at Causeway Bay after the police find a banner reading, “five demands, not one less”, in their car. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Police raise a blue flag to warn the dozens of protesters gathering near Wong Tai Sin Square to leave, or officers may use force. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/5FkGR9SEe7

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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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

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #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

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #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

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #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

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: Riot police are regrouping inside Tuen Mun Town Hall after a violent clash with protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Al3FCwvrqR

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #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

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #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

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #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

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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: MTR Corp says Sai Ying Pun station is shut, the 16th station closed today https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        26. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #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

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        27. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #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 …

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          Tear gas is fired in Tuen Mun as protesters throw petrol bombs Video: SCMP/Mimi Lau pic.twitter.com/AV1h7mU9R3
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        28. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #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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        29. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Tsim Sha Tsui station is now closed, taking the total to 18 https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        30. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: So far, police have fired tear gas in four areas: Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun. Protesters are also gathering in other areas: Sham Shui Po, northern Hong Kong Island and Mong Kok https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        31. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: A protester dressed like Captain America, giving his name only as Leung, says there is no deadline: "We will continue to walk and protest as long as the government is not admitting its mistakes" https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/UVlpttKQPe

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