- Title: Hong Kong metro show damaged stations as repairs underway
- Date: 9th October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 8, 2019) (REUTERS) MEDIA ENTERING SHUTTERED HONG KONG'S MTR STATION SIGN READING (English and Chinese) "KWUN TONG STATION" VARIOUS OF SCORCHED TICKETING OFFICE INSIDE MTR STATION VARIOUS SHATTERED GLASS ON GROUND DAMAGED GLASS WINDOW VARIOUS OF MTR OFFICIALS SCREWING SHUTTERED GATE BROKEN WINDOW AT STATION CONTROL ROOM SIGN READING (English and Chinese): "STATION CONTROL ROOM" VARIOUS OF SECURITY CAMERA VARIOUS OF DAMAGED TICKET VENDING MACHINES BURNED OBJECTS BEHIND BARRIERS BINS AND UMBRELLAS LEFT BY PROTESTERS SHATTERED GLASS WINDOWS EMPTY STATION SIGN READING (English and Chinese): "DANGER! KEEP CLEAR!" MTR OFFICIAL GETTING READY TO CLOSE GATE AT MONG KOK MTR STATION MONG KOK MTR STATION SIGNS DAMAGED AND VANDALISED MTR OFFICIAL SHUTTING GATE
- Embargoed: 23rd October 2019 04:30
- Keywords: Hong Kong China damage scorched MTR protest
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0DIH53
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) officials on Tuesday (October 8) gave the media a tour of stations damaged by weekend protests.
Rail operator, MTR Corp, on Monday (October 7) temporarily closed most of the stations in the network due to what it said was "serious vandalism".
The network was closed on Saturday (October 5) and operations were minimal on Sunday (October 6), hindering movement around the city.
The network carries around 5 million passengers a day. Officials said the train service on Wednesday (October 9) would end at 8:00 p.m. (1000 GMT), four hours earlier than usual, to enable repairs work to continue.
On Sunday, tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully through the centre of the Chinese-ruled city, wearing face masks in defiance of colonial-era emergency powers that threaten them with a maximum of one year in prison for hiding their faces. The rallies deteriorated into running clashes as night fell.
Police fired tear gas and used baton charges in an attempt to disperse petrol bomb-throwing protesters in several locations across the Asian financial hub.
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