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Protesters in Hong Kong bash Legislative Council on anniversary of return to China
It's the 22nd anniversary of the former colony being returned to China. A demonstration in Hong Kong turned combative on Monday when a group of pro-autonomy protesters, surrounded by thousands of ...
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Hong Kong Protesters Storm Legislative Council On Anniversary Of Handover To China
The situation at the Legislative Council building was eventually ... "They have lengthened their arms to Hong Kong." Another protester, 17-year-old Megan Lee, said she had not previously been ...
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When Hong Kong’s Legislative Council got a new home in the old Supreme Court building
“The conversion of the old Supreme Court building for use as the Legislative Council chamber and for associated purposes has been approved by the Governor-in-Council,” announced the Post on May 2 ...
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PHOTOS: Hong Kong protestors break into legislative building
HONG KONG (AP) — Frustration among protesters in Hong Kong boiled over Monday, with one group attacking the legislative building and tens ... a 26-year-old office worker who would only give ...
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Hong Kong protesters smash way into legislative building on anniversary of Chinese rule
HONG KONG — Police in riot ... and the secretariat of the Legislative Council issued a "red alert" for all staff inside to immediately evacuate the building. Protesters got into the chamber ...
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Hong Kong protesters stormed the streets and graffitied the city’s legislative building — here are shocking pictures of the takeover
marched peacefully down the streets of downtown Hong Kong urging for the resignation of city leaders. Those at the Legislative Council building, clad in hard hats, plastic wrapped around their ...
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Money launders Hong Kong’s past Cleansing: Almost all of Hong Kong’s colonial buildings have been torn down to make way for more profitable modern structures.
“Almost all the old buildings, even the beautiful ones ... The great exception is the home of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, or Legco, housed in the former home of the Supreme Court.
CNN5y
Hong Kong government building a ‘big crime scene’ after night of violent protests
A senior Hong Kong official has described the city’s legislative council as a “big crime scene,” just hours after hundreds of masked, mainly young protesters stormed the building ...
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Protesters storm Hong Kong Legislative Council building
Anti-government protesters laid siege to Hong ... building. "We know that this is breaking the law, but we have no choice," a 24-year-old protester surnamed Cheung told AFP. See more on Hong Kong ...
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Building extensions at Hong Kong’s Legislative Council will cost HK$1.17 billion
A planned expansion of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council complex to accommodate ... triangular 10-storey building and an addition of four floors to the existing one was expected to begin by ...
CNN5y
Hong Kong government building a ‘big crime scene’ after night of violent protests
A senior Hong Kong official has described the city’s legislative council as a “big crime scene,” just hours after hundreds of masked, mainly young protesters stormed the building ...