2 week agoThe district councillors-elect and Ip said they also spoke with the PolyU administration. They suggested that the administration should re-enter and take back responsibility to manage the campus, so as to pressure the police to lift the siege. Photo: Stand News screenshot
2 week agoThe crowd at Science Museum Path 7:30 pm
Police says officers will enter PolyU campus with social workers and uni officials to try to get protestors to leave. Promises not to arrest them on the spot,but will likely follow up, similar to how underaged protestors were treated
2 week agoA few hundreds are at the border of the besieged HK Polytechnic University where there are reports that some are still inside
2 week agoSome 200 people are on Science Museum Road in standstill with riot police outside PolyU . Not much tension but also no sign of leaving any time soon
2 week agoA stand off between @hkpoliceforce and demonstrators in HongKongProtests outside the cordon line at @HongKongPolyU is taking place after some newly-elected pan-democrat members want to go inside to support the ppl there. It has been encircled by the force over a week
2 week agoStandoff near PolyU, where estimated 30 are still stuck inside after police besieged it more than a week ago, after some marched there demanding police to release them
2 week agoA large crowd of people, many wearing masks, are gathering in front of a police cordon near PolyU, calling on officers to let them enter the univerisity to bring out the trapped people
Any attempts to destabilize HongKong or damage its prosperity and stability are doomed to fail, Chinese State Councilor and FM Wang Yi said on Monday commenting on the results of #HKDCElections
2 week agoHundreds of democrats District Councilor-Elect marching to Poly University demanding the police to stop the siege
2 week agoPro-democracy district councillors, LegCo members and supporters have gather in Tsim Sha Tsui to address the PolyU standoff
2 week agoJimmy Sham, district councillor elected for Lek Yuen, Sha Tin, said votes and people's opinions should not be viewed as pressure on government but guidance for administration, and the very first greetings he got after winning was asking him to save those in PolyU
China: We support Hong Kong's leader despite her deadlock in the election
2 week agoElection is still not concluded at J19 Lam Tin's Fei Ngan Kindergarten polling station. Many HongKong riot Police have surrounded & entered the station now. Officer has announced pro-Beijing candidate won by 50 votes, but there are 71 votes that are missing.
2 week agoFlash mob in central HK chanting '5 Demands, not one less', after opposition's stunning victory in local elections
2 week agoPro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip being besieged and hounded as a dog with tail between her legs through the streets of Central. "Traitor of HongKong."
The Democratic Party says its election wins are thanks to HongKong's protesters and its district councillors will head to PolyU today to demand an end to the police siege there
2 week agoCarrieLam's cabinet member Regina Ip showed up in Central and has to be escorted away from the heckling crowd by riot police. Ip's New People's Party gained 0 seat in DC election
Hong Kong leader says will 'listen humbly' to voters after stunning poll result
2 week agoHong Kong elections: At 2am, pan-democratic (89) vs pro-Beijing (9) #HKDCElection
Democratic Party legislator Roy Kwong - popular in recent months for his assistance to protesters - has won in the North District Council. Pro-Beijing legislator Horace Cheung has lost his seat in the Central and Western District Council. hongkong
Democrat Andrew Chiu - whose ear was bitten off by an assailant with a knife last month - has won in Taikoo Shing on Hong Kong Island
The Democratic Party's Lo Kin-hei has retained his seat in Lei Tung (II) constituency in Hong Kong Island South
2 week agoPro-democracy supporters are celebrating Junius Ho's defeat on the streets of Tuen Mun. One opened a bottle of champagne. Photo: Galileo Cheng
Jocelyn Chau - who was previously arrested and attacked during the extradition bill protests - has won in North Point's City Gardens, a constituency previously uncontested by any pro-democracy challenger
Moderate pro-Beijing legislator Michael Tien has lost his Tsuen Wan District Council seat to a pro-democracy challenger
2 week agoPro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker Junius Ho loses re-election bid. He was reviled by the opposition and seen shaking hands with alleged triad gangs. This is the celebration on social media after the news hit.
At HKU, newcomer democrat and former HKU student council member Camille Yam has beaten Stephen Chan — who has been in his seat for 28 years
2 week ago23:20HKT Netizens posted saying no citizens was allowed to monitor to vote counting at Q24 Fu Nam station in Tseung Kwan O
2 week agoIn Tsuen Wan's Tak Wah constituency, videos are circulating that a similar outside box of votes has been carried inside by riot police officers. The electoral officer said these were votes from hospitals or prisons. Photo: Telegram.
2 week agoCrowds are angry at the Kennedy Town / Mount Davis polling station after police were seen bringing two new box of votes inside after it closed at 10:30pm. The returning officer said wheelchair users requested a change of polling station, and voted elsewhere. Photo: Screenshot
2 week agoEarlier on Sunday evening, pro-democracy candidate Tam Tak-chi, running in Kwun Tong's Kwong Tak constituency, claimed to have been punched by supporters of pro-Beijing rival Wilson Or. Riot police arrived and used pepper spray to separate the crowds. Photo: Apple Daily
With polling stations for HKDCElection starting to close, the latest available turnout figures show that 2.85 million people (69% of the electorate) had voted by 9:30pm
2 week agoPolls have officially closed for the 2019 District Council election at 10:30pm. Vote counting will begin shortly
Hong Kong enters final hour of polling for record-breaking district council elections
1830 #HKDCElections turnout 60.36%, near 2.5M voted. Highest record of all elections
2 week agoIn Tuen Mun's Sam Shing constituency where candidate Michael Mo earlier alleged irregularities and possible intimidation, there is a moderate riot police presence. Photo: Galileo Cheng. hongkong
2 week ago"Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong." Hundreds of South Koreans took to the streets of Seoul this weekend in support of #HongKongProtests
