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Reviews the events and socioeconomic condition that gave rise to the 1967 riots. Shows how a labour dispute turned into political unrest after the intervention of the local Communists and Hong Kong police. Discusses the roles China and then Hong Kong Governor, David Trench, played before and after the riot. Points out the similarity of Hong Kong's socioeconomic condition 40 years ago and today, 10 years after the Handover. Warns that as people's discontentment mounts and the government continues to ignore people's pleas and does nothing about the widening rich-poor gap, history could repeat itself and riots could occur again.
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