Riot in HK unjustifiable

One week after the riot in Hong Kong, the special administrative region is still trying to come to grips with what happened in the Mongkok streets.

Many residents are wondering why their home city, which used to be ranked the safest in the country, has turned into something they no longer recognize, after some 90 law enforcement officers were injured by a brick-hurling and fire-setting mob.

The riot has dealt a blow to the city's law and order and presented a grave challenge to the authority of the government and police. It has also rubbed salt on the wound of an already declining tourism industry and tarnished the reputation of Hong Kong.