Hong Kong protest: Universities, schools shut down amid unrest

As the law and order situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated, some universities and schools in the semi-autonomous territory were shut down on Tuesday.The financial hub of Asia is witnessing turmoil for another day after a man was shot at and another was set alight following a confrontation with protestors on Monday.By 8 a.m. police have already fired tear gas on the city's streets.As black-clad protesters hit the streets and set up barricades and a collection of bows and arrows piled nearby. By the afternoon, tensions escalated between police and protestors as the latter threw petrol bombs, causing an empty car group to go up in flames.Reacting to the protests, Police spokesman Kong Wing-cheung said society had been "pushed to the brink of a total breakdown" over the past two days -- and said if anyone who was still making excuses for protesters' violence, they needed to "do some soul-searching.""If anyone still has any wishful thinking that they can achieve their so-called ideals by