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The society is paying a heavy price for the continuous violent acts, vandalism and malicious nuisance in the past four months. Citizens may have to spend a few more hours for travelling. They also have to worry about their personal safety and live in anxiety and fear. Retail and catering sectors have been suffering a heavy blow as consumer sentiment turns gloomy. Business and sales dropped significantly. Weekends and holidays were popular shopping time in the past, but now shops are forced to close earlier or even for the whole day. Worst still, some shops become targets of bullying and face serious nuisance, fire attack and severe damage, causing threat to the safety of the staff.
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In the past few days, our society has been facing escalating violence and illegal acts. A group of radical rioters vandalized retails outlets, bank branches and public utilities. Although the Interim Injunction Order granted by the Court to restrain persons from obstructing or interfering with the proper use and operation of the railway network is still in force, rioters vandalised and set fires at MTR stations and trains. These illegal acts have no regard to the laws of Hong Kong. The rioters even hurled petrol bombs at Police officers and committed arson at various locations, posing danger to nearby pedestrians and residents. All these serious and even organised criminal offences seriously jeopardized personal and public safety.
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