Monday, August 5, 2019
As protesters lead city-wide strike, Hong Kong transport spirals into a chaos on Monday. Rail and airline services come to a halt in some areas. As of 9.30 am on Monday, over 230 arrival and departure flights are shown to be cancelled on the website of Hong Kong Airport International Airport as some staff walked out.
At several MTR stations, including Tai Wai, Central, Diamond Hill and Fortress Hill stations, protesters blocked the doors with their bodies and objects, such as water bottles. There were verbal confrontations broke out as commuters tried to board the trains.
The affected MTR lines — parts of the Kwun Tong, Island, Tseung Kwan O, East Rail, West Rail line, with the Airport Express and Tsuen Wan line was suspended from around 9 am and 11:17 am respectively. Dense crowds of angry commuters poured onto the platforms.
The Airport Authority’s released a statement at 00:10am saying that “potential circumstances” might affect the airport’s operations.
Monday’s mass strike comes a day after wildcat road occupations broke out at the end of two separate anti-extradition law protests in Tseung Kwan O and Kennedy Town, with flashpoints at other districts including Kwun Tong as the evening wore on.
The disruptions are part of a planned city-wide strike across seven districts — Tuen Mun, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan, Wong Tai Sin, Tai Po, Mong Kok and Admiralty.
The city has entered its ninth consecutive week of protests sparked by a now-suspended extradition bill, which has seen tensions flare over the government’s handling of the crisis, the police’s use of crowd control measures, and mob violence.
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