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🔴 HKFP_Live: Protesters march from Kwun Tong to Kowloon Bay to protest the extradition bill and the installation of “smart lampposts”: facebook.com/hongkongfp/vid…

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Kwun Tong’s Tsun Yip Street Playground is filled with protesters on Saturday afternoon despite the closure of four MTR stations in the vicinity following Chinese pressure.

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Organiser Ventus Lau leads the Kwun Tong march with chants reiterating the protesters five demands at 2pm.

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Nick, a 23-year-old graphic designer, told HKFP that opposition to the introduction of smart lampposts in Kwun Tong is compounded by the public's lack of trust in the government: "We are fine as we are, what's the point in these lampposts?"

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It is almost 34 degrees Celsius in Kwun Tong Saturday afternoon. Hydration stations serving water, tea and other beverages have been set up along the march route.

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Crowds chant "light up Hong Kong, awakening of the whole people” along Hoi Bun Road.

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Police have cordoned off a part of Sheung Yee Road which leads to the Ngau Tau Kok police station, cutting off the march's intended route.

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Scenes at Saturday’s Kwun Tong march.

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A variety of demands - from not implementing “smart lampposts” to anti-racial discrimination - at the Kwun Tong march.

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Organiser Ventus Lau puts a police cordon on Wai Yip Street back in place as the crowd marches away from Ngau Tau Kok police station.

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More scenes at Saturday afternoon’s Kwun Tong march.

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Some marchers have reached the protest’s endpoint at Kowloon Bay's Zero Carbon Building, where recycling points are set up.

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Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Observatory raised the Typhoon 1 Signal at 2:40pm Saturday.

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Some protesters are building makeshift barricades on Wai Yip Street, near Ngau Tau Kok police station, shortly before 3pm.

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A row of police in riot gear back away from protesters on Siu Yip Street outside Ngau Tau Kok police station.

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Around five police officers stand behind a barricade on top of the Ngau Tau Kok police station. More are stationed inside.

A barricade with pointed bamboo sticks is complete at Wai Yip Street.

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People have occupied the overpass and footbridge overlooking Wai Yip Street as of 3pm Saturday.

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🔴 HKFP_Live: A protester-police stand-off outside Ngau Tau Kok Police Station on Saturday afternoon: facebook.com/hongkongfp/vid…

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Scenes of the protester-police standoff and makeshift barricades outside Ngau Tau Kok police station.

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The smart lampposts — which have sensors, data connectivity and cameras — in Kwun Tong as part of a pilot scheme. Activists have cited privacy concerns.

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Mini-figurines of Hong Kong protesters have been spotted again at the Kwun Tong march.

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Protesters are playing a looped audio clip of Chief Executive Carrie Lam saying jailed activist Edward Leung's slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" on a loudspeaker.

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At 4pm, protesters dismantled with tolls and felled one “smart lamppost” — with sensory, data connection and camera capacities — on Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay. Activists have raised privacy concerns over them.

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More scenes at Wai Yip Road, Kowloon Bay where protesters are building makeshift barricades.

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The interior machinery of another dismantled “smart lamppost” on show at Kowloon Bay.

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Riot police cordons appeared at Ngau Tau Kok police station and the Kowloon Bay Auxiliary Police HQ at around 4:30pm.

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Tear gas was fired in Kowloon Bay at around 4:40pm Saturday, as riot police quickly advanced and arrested several protesters.

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A man is arrested on Wai Yip Street on Saturday afternoon as riot police clear the scene with tear gas and other ammunition.

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A frontline social worker is treated by a first aider and police officer shortly after tear gas was released.

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🔴 HKFP live replay: Police fire tear gas and make arrests in Kowloon Bay on Saturday afternoon. facebook.com/hongkongfp/vid…

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In a press release, police explained their firing of tear gas and dispersal operation due to the building of barricades and destruction of “smart lampposts”.

The time of the letter of no objection for the rally at Kowloon Bay is meant to end at 7pm, however.

Crowds have scattered off the streets of Kowloon Bay towards Telford Plaza after quick firing of tear gas and advances by riot police.

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Scenes as police fired tear gas and rushed forwards to clear and arrest protesters in Kowloon Bay. Protesters threw objects such as bamboo and bricks back at the police.

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More scenes of the protester-police clashes in Kowloon Bay on Saturday afternoon.

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Some elderly people wearing yellow vests reading “protect our children” attempted to mediate between the protesters and police.

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As the police’s special tactical unit - the “raptors” appeared at the platform outside the Telford Plaza mall, some protester used a fire hose to wet the floor and disperse the smell of tear gas.

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According to Stand News, medics say a person was shot by a suspected rubber bullet in the left eye during the police’s clearance operation on Saturday afternoon.

A medic had earlier been shot in the right eye on August 11.

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A number of protesters remain and build a second round of barricades at 5:30pm, in a standoff with police.

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Shortly before 6pm, police raised the black flag warning of tear gas again on Wai Yip Street.

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A group of protesters ran onto the overpass and threw rocks at the line of police below. #HongKong #China #HongKongProtests #antiELAB

Tear gas was fired along Wai Yip Street again at 6:30pm Saturday, as police sought to clear the second round of makeshift barriers erected by protesters.

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More tear gas along the roads between Kowloon Bay and Kwun Tong Saturday evening.

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British-born chief superintendent David Jordan was spotted leading the police clearance operation on Saturday evening.

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Scenes from the second round of dispersals conducted by police on Saturday at Kowloon Bay and Kwun Tong.

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@SiuSinGallery Protesters and journalists collect and count the tear gas cannisters fired by police in Kowloon Bay on Saturday evening.

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@SiuSinGallery More scenes from Saturday evening as Kowloon Bay protesters prepare makeshift barricades and bricks to throw at police when they charge.

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@SiuSinGallery Police continue to push forward towards protesters from Kowloon Bay to Kwun Tong as night falls on Saturday.

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@SiuSinGallery Riot police pushing south down Kwun Tong Road, where the local MTR line - closed since 12pm - runs via an overpass.

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@SiuSinGallery Police enter inner streets to give chase to protesters in Kwun Tong on Saturday evening.

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@SiuSinGallery Earlier in Kwun Tong, #HongKong demonstrators deviated from the original protest anthem, "Sing Hallelujah to the Lord," & played rap song "Fuck the Popo, Fuck Your Mother" on repeat from a loudspeaker on Wai Yip Street.

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