- Title: Hong Kong reopens most metro stations, shops after weekend protests
- Date: 8th October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 8, 2019) (REUTERS) TRAIN ARRIVING VARIOUS OF COMMUTERS ALIGHTING FROM TRAIN COMMUTERS RIDING ESCALATOR VARIOUS OF COMMUTERS PASSING THROUGH TURNSTILES COMMUTERS WALKING ON METRO STATION PLATFORM COMMUTERS WALKING PAST BROKEN TICKET MACHINES SIGN READING (English): "NOT IN USE" COMMUTER GETTING TICKET FROM MACHINE BESIDE BROKEN TICKET MACHINES COMMUTERS WALKING AROUND METRO STATION ENTRANCE MTR SIGN (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMMUTER, AMY, SAYING: "I hope the MTR will repair (the closed stations) as soon as possible and they reopen as soon as possible." TRAM VARIOUS OF PEDESTRIANS WALKING PAST OPEN SHOPS MAN PICKING UP GLASSES FROM SHOP VARIOUS OF WORKERS SCRUBBING GRAFFITI FROM BANK POSTER
- Embargoed: 22nd October 2019 07:18
- Keywords: Hong Kong violence protests MTR stations shops pro-democracy
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B08IT6V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Most metro stations and shops in Hong Kong opened for business on Tuesday (October 8) after a violent weekend of protests and a public holiday.
Hong Kong's metro was forced to shut down in an unprecedented move after arson attacks on Friday night (October 4) and only partially operated during the weekend, with protesters again setting stations ablaze and destroying ticketing machines.
The closures largely paralysed transportation around much of the Asian financial hub.
ATMs, Chinese banks and scores of shops were vandalised during violent protests over the long weekend, some of which drew tens of thousands of people.
Many restaurants and malls closed early over what is typically a very busy holiday period.
That followed the decision by authorities to impose a ban on face masks, which protesters use to protect their identity, on Friday under colonial-era emergency powers.
What started as opposition to a now-withdrawn extradition bill has grown into a pro-democracy movement against what is seen as Beijing's increasing grip on the city, which protesters say undermines a "one country, two systems" formula promised when Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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