Letters | Hong Kong police and government have lost public trust: will they even try to earn it back?

The city has entered its sixth month of social unrest, and there is an increasing distrust among citizens towards the government and the Hong Kong Police Force. The credibility of the two groups is so incredibly low that citizens cannot help question their every announcement.

In fact, separation of powers became a complete joke when the government decided to override the Legislative Council by implementing the anti-mask law via the Emergency Regulations Ordinance.

The government and the police force should search for effective ways to bounce back from their extremely low popularity ratings and regain citizens’ trust. The officials need to try to rescue the fragmenting political system if they truly want Hong Kong back as what it was before June – although the separation of powers was not very clear before then, either.