#LIVE: Tai Po looks as though it may become the latest flash point, as dozens of protesters have occupied Tai Wo Road, just outside the local police station. https://sc.mp/qwb7z #hongkongprotests
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#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Sheung Shui MTR station has been targeted by protesters and is the latest to close. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: In Central, the crowd is beginning to build up at the junction of Des Voeux Road and Pedder Street, the spot where protesters and their supporters gathered earlier in the afternoon. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/s3SR6O7GWT
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#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Services between Fanling and Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau MTR stations have been suspended. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Scenes from earlier today https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Photos by SCMP/May Tse, K.Y. Cheng and Edmond So:pic.twitter.com/AGLb0Ovq4L
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#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: At Langham Place in Mong Kok, volunteers are dropping supplies donated to protesters at Chinese University. This action is in response to calls on internet platforms https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/oUiUNYxxJ7
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#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chaos continues at Chinese University as students throw petrol bombs and riot squad officers fire more rounds of tear gas at a bridge linking the campus to Tolo Harbour. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Cnwtm7lcq3Show this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Paramedics carry away an injured protester at the Chinese University campus. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Ij1N1rE0Tw
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#LIVE: A police van has been set ablaze in Sha Tin. According to Facebook users, the vehicle has been reduced to a wreck after the fire. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Photo: Facebookpic.twitter.com/hI4lb7hRer
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#LIVE: Protesters in Mong Kok re-emerge on Nathan Road near Dundas Street and Shantung Street as soon as a police water cannon passes. They place bamboo poles, bricks and rubbish on the road to form roadblocks. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ITd7DvU1Fi
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#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#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#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters are building barricades on Waterloo Road near Cornwall Street in Kowloon Tong and setting fire to them. There are no police in sight. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Firefighters have arrived at the Chinese University campus and in Kowloon Tong, at the intersection of Cornwall Street and Waterloo Road, to put out fires set by protesters. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chinese University deputy vice-chancellor Dennis Ng Kee-pui arrives at the campus and tells riot police through a loudspeaker to stop firing tear gas, claiming he has reached a deal with the police commander. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Alvin Lumpic.twitter.com/kAkFKk4p0rShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters have blocked part of Kwun Tong Road (Kowloon Bay section) with barricades. Riot police arrive and one officer points a crowd-control gun at people shouting from a footbridge. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/MoxhSLw8EF
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#LIVE: Chinese University’s Dennis Ng makes a third call to the police commander in five minutes, urging them to honour their words to cease fire. “It is just out of control.” https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/eRjChO9ypK
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#LIVE: Two opposition lawmakers, Au Nok-hin and Lam Cheuk-ting, both Chinese University graduates, have accompanied Dennis Ng to the campus. Both say that despite police promises, frontline officers continue to fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chinese University continues to be engulfed in tear gas, as protesters clash with defiant protesters. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Lea Lipic.twitter.com/BlmNBcmZ8oShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters have again gathered at the junction of Argyle Street and Nathan Road as police push on to Yau Ma Tei. A fire has been started on Nathan Road near Mong Kok Road. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/S050q3ihuV
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