[Hong Kong 4th Reuters]-Hong Kong ’s Executive Secretary Carry Lam announced the “Emergency Situation Ordinance (Emergency Ordinance)” on April 4 that allows the Secretary of State to enact regulations necessary for the public interest in an emergency. It was announced that a “prohibition of masking” will be introduced starting on the 5th, when the demonstrators are prohibited from covering their entire faces with masks.
This is the first time the emergency regulations have been applied after returning to Hong Kong.