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Hong Kong/Taiwan/Macau bureau chief for AFP. Previously, SE Asia corr (Bangkok), Asia Pacific Editor (HK). Before that, The Independent http://SeeDisclaimer.com 

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    Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

    Lots of reports Hong Kong’s gov’t is mulling a ban on face masks, four months into huge public protests. Some thoughts. To do this, they’ll probably have to invoke a colonial-era law that was last used in 1967 during the leftist riots. If they take that route it’s a Big Deal

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      2. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        The Emergency Regulations Ordinance was introduced by the British in 1922 after wildcat strikes and it allows the governor (now chief executive) to make “any regulations whatsoever” in the event of an emergency or imminent public danger. Any. Regulations. Whatsoever

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      3. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        It allows the gov’t to completely bypass Hong Kong’s parliament, the Legislative Council. You can see why HKGovt might find this attractive. These protests began because they tried to push the loathed extradition bill through Parliament despite huge peaceful rallies.

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      4. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        LegCo was besieged & heavily vandalised on July 1. It’s pretty clear any attempt to pass anti-protest legislation through parliament would once more make the building a target and reinvigorate the protest movement.

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      5. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        But if she uses ERO, chief executive Carrie Lam can just order a mask ban — and pretty much any other law she deems fit. It would be a huge precedent setting move.

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      6. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        The last time ERO was invoked was ‘67. HK’s protests this year are huge, disruptive & becoming more violent. But they’re still not a patch on ‘67.

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      7. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        More than 50 people were killed over the course of a year as leftists (with the help of People’s Militia from mainland) conducted a widespread bombing & murder campaign.

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      8. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        Public opinion pretty quickly swing against the leftists (who had legit grievances to begin with) after two kids were killed by a bomb and then an anti-communist radio commentator was burned alive in his car. Shops were also burned, looted etc.

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      9. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        The Brits invoked the ERO. Police were granted special arrest powers, and significant censorship was invoked, with leftist papers/radio banned etc. It certainly helped end the movement.

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      10. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        Even if HKGovt begins with a soft ERO invocation, it’s a huge step. And the impact it would have on Hong Kong’s international reputation as a “rule of law” based finance and legal hub would be interesting, to say the least.

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      11. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        Finally would a face mask ban even work? Since the 2003 SARS outbreak, surgical masks have become ubiquitous in HK. Almost everyone has one in their bag. A stop and search would net quite a few people, many of whom wouldn’t be protesters.

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      12. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        But it might give police more room to make pre-emptive arrests, granting them even more powers than they already have under the fairly broad stop & search powers.

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      13. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        Ukraine tried to ban masks during the 2014 revolution and it definitely didn’t work. More people started wearing them. A lot of Hong Kong’s protesters have studied Ukraine (Winter of Fire is repeatedly shown at gatherings).

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      14. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        HKers have already shown they’re willing to flout the law in huge numbers, whether it’s attending an unlawful gathering, shouting insults at police or throwing Molotovs, bricks etc.

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      15. Jerome Taylor‏Verified account @JeromeTaylor 3 Oct 2019

        My guess is protesters would simply ignore a mask ban. But by then the precedent-setting step of invoking the ERO would have been made & there would be little reason for HKGovt not to use it again. The descent down the slippery slope would have begun.

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