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#LIVE: Police say 287 people, aged 12 to 82, were arrested on Monday. Among them, 190 were students. Officers fired 255 rounds of tear gas, 204 rubber bullets, 45 beanbag rounds and 96 sponge grenades on Monday, the force says. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: The Jockey Club says the Mark Six draw originally scheduled for tonight will be postponed until Thursday. All accepted bets remain valid. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Baptist University says it will cancel classes on Wednesday as “traffic disruptions are expected to continue and repair works to damaged facilities take time”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Multiple rounds of tear gas have been fired by police in a confrontation with protesters on Tai Po Tai Wo Road. Protesters scatter but soon return to set up a defence position. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Mong Kok MTR station, one of the worst-hit facilities of the rail giant in recent weeks, is reopened again following a closure earlier today. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: At the police press conference, Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau says the traffic officer involved in the shooting of a protester on Monday was “justified” in drawing his firearm. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: The Vocational Training Council says all classes and exams for its member institutions will be cancelled on Wednesday because of ongoing uncertainties over traffic conditions. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Sheung Shui MTR station has been targeted by protesters and is the latest to close. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: The MTR has said that Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Wong Tai Sin, Whampoa, Causeway Bay, Tseung Kwan O, Hang Hau, Tuen Mun, Long Ping, Ma On Shan, Heng On and Sha Tin Wai stations will close at 9pm today (Tuesday). https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: The University of Hong Kong says it will suspend all classes on Wednesday, citing “continued uncertainties in the transportation system and in light of the time needed to repair some of the damage to facilities across the campus”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Services between Fanling and Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau MTR stations have been suspended. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: The Open University says classes on Wednesday will be cancelled and it urges students and staff “to be mindful of their safety”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Riot police are advancing down Nathan Road in Mong Kok, in an attempt to disperse protesters who earlier put paving bricks on the street. They fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: As Chinese University vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan and the students walk towards the bridge linking the campus to Tolo Harbour, a stand-off breaks out with riot police. Tear gas was subsequently fired. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: At Festival Walk shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, protesters move in quickly and set fire to a large Christmas Tree, while other smash glass railing with hammers https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: The MTR said it had closed Tsim Sha Tsui station as it was under attack by protesters. At least six other stations - Prince Edward, Mong Kok, Sai Wan Ho, Tung Chung, Sheung Shui and Kwai Fong - have also been closed. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Police in Mong Kok fire rounds of tear gas at the junction of Nathan Road and Argyle Street as they try to disperse scores of protesters yelling abuse at them. A police water cannon has been used on Nathan Road. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: A message from “CUHKers” emerges online, threatening to escalate actions if police do not retreat from the Chinese University campus and release all arrested students by 9pm. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Chinese University students have used stadium seating and a dining table to strengthen their “shield” as intense clashes with police continue. Students feed the flames of an intense blaze by throwing more petrol bombs. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Meanwhile, over in Mong Kok, tear gas has been fired again on Portland Street. Protesters on Nathan Road have also started a fire. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests

#LIVE: Chinese University vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan did not escape the sting of tear gas on campus. He was about 50 to 60 metres from where police earlier fired rounds, according to associate professor Eric Poon. https://sc.mp/qwb7z  #hongkongprotests