The SCMP-Statista Growth Champions of the Greater Bay Area survey, the first of its kind, sheds light on where investors and entrepreneurs are placing their bets in an area that is projected to become one of biggest growth drivers of the Chinese economy.

Organisers claim another massive turnout, while police say it peaked at 180,000.

Mass anti-government march starting at Victoria Park due to end in Central. Police said earlier that officers seized a firearm they feared would be used at the protest.

Newly minted district councillors Cheung King-fun, an independent, and DAB’s Apple Lai have both focused on community service long before the polls.

The winners were students, first-time candidates, workers and professionals. They defeated entrenched councillors, including some who had served for decades.

The awards honour exceptional leadership at a particularly tumultuous moment for Hong Kong, as the worst political crisis in the city’s history and a year-long US-China trade war combined to drive the local economy into its first technical recession in a decade.

Huazhou government says it will consult the public on ‘different views’ to proposed development in town of Wenlou.

China’s industrial profits plunged 9.9 per cent in October compared to a year earlier, the largest drop since the data was first reported in 2011.

No direct comment on pro-democracy landslide, but stopping violence and restoring order remain ‘top priorities’.

Voter turnout was confirmed at 71.2 per cent of 4.1 million registered to vote, compared with 47 per cent in the 2015 polls, and far surpassed the record of 58 per cent set in 2016’s Legislative Council elections, where at least 10 localist candidates were elected

Polls this year see a record voter turnout of more than 70 per cent across city. 

Surreal calm as district council elections turn into ‘referendum’ on months of political unrest.

Hongkongers from across the political spectrum hit the polls early, more than doubling 2015's turnout rate for the first three hours of voting, in local contests which will be seen as a barometer of support for the anti-government protests roiling the city.

Mainland Chinese online community responds with calm to fake news on website previously accused of spreading fake news and conspiracy theories.

Central Kowloon’s bustling streets see clashes throughout the night, with tear gas and petrol bombs exchanged at rapid intervals.

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Some of those trapped inside Polytechnic University attempt to flee, but are driven back as tear gas is fired by police surrounding the exits.

Normally serene neighbourhood around the Polytechnic University campus on Austin Road turned into a war zone.

HKU and Baptist University to only allow students and staff on site. In past week, Chinese and Polytechnic universities were the scenes of battles between radicals and police.

Tensions return to city after peaceful Saturday with Hung Hom stand-off as students hurl petrol bombs and police fire tear gas. 

Soldiers deployed for the first time in five months of civil unrest.

Tear gas fired in Mong Kok as protesters block Nathan Road while huge fire rages near Chinese University. Earlier protesters had partially reopened Tolo Highway in 'friendly gesture' before shutting it down again.

Cross-Harbour Tunnel effectively defunct for an entire day as protesters put up barricades of chairs, tables and boards they had commandeered from a neighbouring university.

Disruption at the city's universities and in its business hub continue as protesters stick with their new strategy – to paralyse the city's transport links on weekdays – for the fourth day in a row.

Disruptions continue throughout the day and, at night, a flash mob appears at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel tollbooths to set them on fire.

Protesters have blocked major roads and tunnels in the city, some train stations are closed and services suspended, and buses have been cancelled. But Education Bureau refuses to close schools.

Demonstrators orchestrate another full day of citywide chaos intended to bring local government to its knees. Officers draw guns while, at various locations including business district, protesters hurl bricks and petrol bombs amid tear gas and rubber bullets.

Condition of protester who was shot by police improves and he is arrested for unlawful assembly, while man who was set on fire by protesters on Monday remains in critical condition.

Tear gas, petrol bombs, barricades and pepper spray are used across multiple districts as protesters create traffic mayhem in an effort to spark a general strike.

Chaos continues in shopping hub as a man is beaten up and a fire started on the road. Elsewhere, pockets of violence erupt.