MORE THAN 50 years have passed since Hong Kong last made use of its draconian Emergency Regulations Ordinance, a colonial-era law that allows the government to impose sweeping restrictions on civil liberties. The territory’s leader, Carrie Lam, declared on October 4th that escalating violence had “reached a very alarming level in the past few days”, so she had decided to invoke it. “Hong Kong is not in a state of emergency,” she said. “But we are indeed in an occasion of serious danger.
The emergency law was adopted in 1922. It was last used in 1967 by the British colonial authorities to suppress a wave of bombings and violent protests by anti-government activists backed by Maoist radicals in mainland China. It allows the chief executive to issue “any regulations whatsoever” in case of “emergency or public danger”.
Hong Kong’s police will face an enormous challenge. To judge from the protests that erupted following the announcement of the ban, it will do little to calm things down. Thousands of protesters—almost all of them masked—attacked shops, Chinese state-owned banks and underground stations. The entire underground network was closed down. More protests are scheduled over the weekend and on Monday, a public holiday marking the Chung Yeung festival, when families will sweep their ancestors’ graves.
The only way that China will overcome the US is when their communist party comes to an end.
Actually, the emergency law restricted protesters from wearing masks even at authorised demonstration. The worst part is invoking emergency law gives the authorities unlimited power, the government can establish any law bypassing legislature. EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance
The EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance give the Gov't unlimited power. They will pass any kinds of laws as they say so. This is the final stand of HKers. StandwithHK
The law is ok if it went thru legal procedures. However, carrie lam did this bypassing parliament. What do you call if one person can make n execute his/her own law? A dictator. 5DemandsNot1Less
The law did not pass through legco!THAT IS EMERGENCY LAW! Know that's mean? HK is dead! antichinazi antitotalitarianism
And riot gear also please. It’s about time.
What this city and its people need is an independent investigation leads by judges, not the face mask ban executes by cops, Carrie Lam is prompting chaos.
'On any occasion which the Chief Executive in Council may consider to be an occasion of emergency or public danger he may make any regulation whatsoever which he may consider desirable in the public interest.' In short, Carrie Lam has become almighty... EmergencyLaw AntiMaskLaw
Paint your face. Use your underwear as mask. Long live Hong Kong freedom fighters!
haven't read the article but the tweet. Your tweet is misleading. It's both unauthorised and AUTHORISED (i.e. received no objection from HK Police) demonstration.
no, even authorized demonstrations
Which grant to an unlimited right to Carrie Lam to pass any act/law as long as she thought that there has a “emergency condition”. She cannot handle this and will ruin HK antitotalitarianism StandWithHongKong
One Country One system basically
Free HK
A shameful legacy carried over from the British colonial history of Hong Kong that allows Carrie Lam to skip the lawful legislative process.
Those are nor peaceful protest, just remember, NOT a peaceful one
I find that hard to believe, why would a protester legitimately protesting want to hide their face? Strange thing to say, A protester hiding his or her face in a legitimate protest would concern me, unless they had permissions to do so and were identified as a genuine protester
Today we are banned from wearing mask, tomorrow we will be banned from internet, free press. Worse come to worse, our funds can be confiscated any time the govt wants.
if these hk losers wore face masks in the west, they have been in the prison now
Emergency law = Facial recognition software doesn’t work with masked demonstrators
how about full body Ironman suits? :)
Everything is defined n decided by Carrie Lam alone, and she ridiculously denied that this is close to dictatorship.
fight of freedom!
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no democracy
Are masks allowed in protests in the U.S.?
Hong Kong officially launched ONE country ONE system now. EmergencyLaw
How the EmergencyRegulationsOrdinance could destroy HongKong
Before PLA army liberating Taiwan. I don’t want to see HK become another problem. If the HK government is going to lose the control of HK society in the future, We will suppress the rebellion by force.
If they want more rights, they can leave my country. Probably they can go to UK, to protest in UK which I don’t care.
As Chinese, we need to fight against separatism. I would support any law to prevent a color revolution. From our perspective, individuals’ willingness may not be as important as national interests. People in HK already have democracy and liberty.
Separation of powers dead, 'one country two systems' gone, freedom of expression out the window, in come white terror and police state. Hong Kong has descended from a world leading financial hub to a third wold shit-hole city in three months
Don't tell Sir Desmond Swain.
Carrie Lam has committed the most despicable act in the history of HK. Her answer to months-long pro-democracy protests was to invoke another evil law that allows the government to ban masks during protests. It seriously violates the freedom of expression and stifles dissent.
加油！
Regime change now!!!
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