CNN ranks Hong Kong's MTR as the world's best metro system (2017)

This past weekend Oct 5th, the entire system shut down for the first time in its history.

"All MTR lines closed as vandals hit stations"

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1484319-20191004.h...

Latest updates show a highly degraded service at the start of a new working week.

http://www.mtr.com.hk/alert/alert_simpletxt_title.html

> This message issued : 2019-10-07 06:16

> MTR train service is maintained at some of the railway lines. Due to serious vandalism, most of the stations in the network are temporarily closed. Service hour of the entire network will be adjusted and ended at 6 pm to allow more time for repair.

EDIT: Downvoted and flagged immediately because this story goes against the narrative...