About 36 years ago I was assigned Shore Patrol officer duty when my ship stopped in Hong Kong. The British police took me out drinking to the Bottoms Up club. They loved HK with it's culture of a light hand and general law abiding citizens, although the triads were certainly for real. One toasted, "May we all live in Hong Kong and own a business in Singapore."
The long term cost will be the breakdown in trust between the people and the police, and the Law in general. That will erode the basic fabric which the prosperity of Hong Kong is based on.
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