Apportioning blame should not be the most important item on the agenda; easing social tensions should.

More than 1,000 gather at Harbour Road Garden in Wan Chai for rally themed ‘Loving the country, safeguarding Hong Kong’.

Legco building was damaged in July and delay in legislation means some residents will not get their bills until April.

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

Protesters’ violent tactics and refusal to compromise reflect their subversive, separatist aims. Their slogans of revolution are no joke, and further concessions must not be made.

Protest at Edinburgh Place in Central held although officials have repeatedly dismissed fears that tear gas is toxic.

Analogue Holdings, founded by Teresa Cheng’s husband, Otto Poon, is suspected to have breached competition law.

The district council elections have made it impossible for Beijing to continue to pretend that the Hong Kong protests are just a public order issue. The unrest has political roots that must be addressed.

Event organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, which has been behind some of the biggest protests since the city’s political crisis began in June.

Frustrated pro-establishment camp left vexed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s aloof manner and inability to curb roiling protests that have lasted almost six months.

Pan-democrat lawmakers accuse Lam of making ‘many unconstitutional decisions’ in pushing forward the extradition bill and handling protests.

Rail giant estimates Hung Hom-Admiralty section of Sha Tin-Central rail link will be delayed until early 2022 from previously revised fourth quarter of 2021.

Decades ago, the Communist Party won the Chinese people’s support by pledging to end national humiliation. Today, they block democratic reform and side with the rich and powerful

Praising Macau for its application of ‘one country, two systems’, Communist Party’s No 3 leader says Hong Kong must heed the central government’s policies.

Yes, 1.6 million voted in favour of more freedom and democracy. But that also means millions of others didn’t, and their choice should be respected. Hong Kong should also respect its unique opportunity to get on the Chinese prosperity train.

Carrie Lam’s comparison of the social unrest in the two cities is off the mark, but should not stop her from learning a lesson from the past: policing by water cannon does not work.

Eddie Chu and Au Nok-hin argue the law has curbed Hongkongers’ freedom of assembly and allowed police to make mass arrests of anti-government protesters.

The sheer turnout and results show that Hongkongers won’t accept handouts in exchange for an erosion of rights. Protesters should also see that voting is more effective than vandalism.

The nature of diplomacy with China has forced us to think in terms of economic brinkmanship. The US is the only country which can engage China in playing economic “battleships”. Now others must also speak up in support of Hong Kong and pressure China economically.

Hongkongers have registered their discontent through the ballot, giving the government a legitimate reason to change course without being seen as conceding to protester demands. If Carrie Lam fails to do so, she condemns the city to chaos and mayhem.

Polytechnic University president Teng Jin-guang reveals that of more than 1,100 people arrested over campus siege, only 46 were students, while police say more than 10,000 petrol bombs seized from campuses across city.

Closed-door discussions between the pro-government and pro-democracy camps on universal suffrage and national security legislation could be a first step to restoring harmony.