Face mask is ban in Hong Kong
Face Mask Is Ban Hong Kong
During 2019,Hong Kong have a protest whether China can control Hong Kong which millions of people in Hong Kong disagree with.In October,the Chinese government said that you shouldn't wear face mask in the protest .
Do you think it is good to not were face mask during the protest and why?
Comments (142)
04 Oct 2019
Thank you for asking this important question, original_orchard. Where did you find your information? Also, it's the Hong Kong government who announced this, rather than the Chinese: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-49931598
Why do people need to wear face masks? Surely if they are protesting peacefully, they don't need to hide their identity? What do you think?
These people would have to wear face marks to protect there breathing
I agree.
Yes they should because if they didn`t they wouldn`t be able to breath properly.
i disagree with you because there is a virus and the goverment want them to get the virus to stop protesting
What virus?
They wear face masks because they believe there is pollution in the air. However, if they are going to take the face masks away it's not ok. They could die because of pollution but some people don't seem to care!
Is there another reason they are wearing face masks that the government do not like particularly? Take a read of the post above!
I think the other reason why they are wearing masks is because people might be putting has in the air. Or maybe because they think there is alot of dangerous substances around them!
Why do they were facemasks
Take a look here, zestful_mouse: https://burnetnewsclub.com/issues/hong-kong-crisis/the-discussion/it-fair-hong-kongs-government-ban-face-masks/
They need to wear masks because if they don't the Chinese police will find out who they are and will arest them.
These are not always harmless protests...
It is because there is pollution in the air
Is that the only reason?
People shouldn’t wear masks cause everyone should love there identity and just be them
An open-minded question, wonderful_language!
But most people aren't protesting peacefully, @wonderful_language. Anyway, most of them don't care if there identity is shown; if the police catch them they need to put everyone who is protesting behind bars, otherwise it is not fair. Additionally, they aren't wearing face masks to hide their identity since it's just to stay safe from all the tear gas and bombs from the protesters.
No, because the residents of Hong Kong would not want to die. It would be really depressing if some one did. There might be fatal gases being emitted during the protests against this event and there would be nothing to protect them from them. The people of Hong Kong are protesting for a reason, not wanting to kill themselves. They are proving themselves worthy of resilience and standing up for each other, for the sake of their future selves, it's amazing to see lots of people protesting yet shocking to see that they are already get injured as well. This is why face masks should not be banned in Hong Kong.
This is a good idea
No it is not a good idea.
Why isn't it?😐
04 Oct 2019
nooooo it should not ,its for our safety
every one needs safety
04 Oct 2019
Why people could die without it nooo 😩😩😩
people die without wearing masks?
its possible yes
04 Oct 2019
Safety people safety
04 Oct 2019
Thank you for commenting.
Your welcome but your post doesn't really explain what's happening in Hong Kong and your post is really short.
04 Oct 2019
Why not wear face mask you never know what's coming
04 Oct 2019
He is telling the truth I search it up
05 Oct 2019
They can’t it’s for there safety if China had to wear them I bet they wouldn’t ban them
Well right now fantastic world China are trying to make Hong Kong stop trying to get what they want
I agree they only band face masks because they want to see who's protesting against them.
05 Oct 2019
your welcome
06 Oct 2019
I definetely think that they shouldn't have banned face masks as lots of people can die without them because of all the unhealthy, if you inhale it, stuff coming from the protests. My reasoning for this is that there is a lot seriously bad gasses that people could inhale and become ill. But I am surprised that China hasn't made a direct move to stop the protests rather than just banning face masks. I can understand why some people think that it's good that China banned face masks but I think it's the way you look at is that affects your opinion.
the mask is being used to hide their identity as protests should be peacefull, so why do they need to hide their identity?
Because otherwise they will be arrested for protesting.
07 Oct 2019
But what about all of the tear gas?Even though they used it to hide their identity.It's quite balence as people need safety but also must be recognised .
unfortunatly the masks the are useing arent,t suitible against tear gas!
07 Oct 2019
I don’t think this is good, people can die and these are just innocent people! Oh my gosh!
I agree with you.
07 Oct 2019
I do understand why most people don’t want face masks to be available ,but in my opinion Hong Kong should allow them to use it because you never know if some people don’t like the way they look or they might have unwanted stuff on their faces.
brave_grape, bear in mind that this is about wearing them for protests and so we are asking if it's right to ban face masks for them.
07 Oct 2019
If they should banned makes and people spray like poison it could kill hundreds of people.And they can be seriously injured if this continues there will a small amount of people Hong Kong. People will moved to different places that’s why people shouldn’t throw spray.Also this could create a lot of wars and it will happen over and over again until people are dead
07 Oct 2019
I do not think it is fair for the Hong Kong government to ban face masks because: some people could have diseases and don’t want to spread it but if the government does ban them more people could get sick, people could have a gas leak in their house and if they are not used some people could get diseases. Also because pollution causes a huge amount of smoke to go around and if the government of Hong Kong bans it people could get their lungs infected. people that work in factories could get lung cancer from how much smoke they breathe in.
07 Oct 2019
I also wanted to add that in Hong Kong there is many bombs that are throw around the town because of the protest so they probably don’t want any bad air going into their lungs.
07 Oct 2019
I don't think it is fair because lots of the protest have turned violent through gases and other harmful substances, so it is only fair for the Hong Kong people to protect themselves from the violent protests.
07 Oct 2019
I believe that they shouldn't have banned the Face masks as for people need they're humans rights and should be
free to do what they want as long as it dosen't affect their city/country,which it dosen't,.People wear face masks for all type of reasons:Religious Reasons,Personal reasons and maybe just because they want to and or they like it,The government acts as if they can control their people but they can't the people of Hong Kong,they deserve to do what the want without having to pay a fine for it.Using online services (the guardian),i found out On sunday a Man and woman we're appeared in court after illegally covering their faces,This is disrespectful as for they have to travel to china to do this Trial,which has created this problem in the first place,and using my lessons in class it appears 99.9% of people who go to trial are found Guilty.This is why i believe the mask ban is unacceptable.
Hi admirable_signature, the face masks we are talking about here are those worn by the protestors, just for information.
07 Oct 2019
In the news, it said that the hong kong government band face mask because they weren't aloud to.
07 Oct 2019
that is really unfair to do that because people have been throwing tear gases and it is not really good to that and they do not want to breath in pollution and that is understandable.
08 Oct 2019
I think that its good to wear a face mask because the police won't be able to put the people who were protesting into jail because they don't know who it was. Also, the air in Hong Kong isn't very good so it would be better to were the face mask
08 Oct 2019
no because millions of people are try to get out of going in to prison
EXACTLY!!!
08 Oct 2019
99.9 percent of people go to jail even if they are inocent
Where did you get this information from? Also, if the people are innocent, why would they be trying to protect their identities?
08 Oct 2019
I think that she should un-ban face masks because if a person has a disease they need to wear it to protect other people.
08 Oct 2019
i agree😃
08 Oct 2019
why are they band there not doing any harm👏👏👏
08 Oct 2019
I think it should be aloud because if someone didn't want to catch germs or give anyone germs then they would usually wear a mask and now it is banned they won't be able too.🤢🤮😓
08 Oct 2019
face masks should not be band because some people mite need them for siereous reason
Can you give an example to support your point?
08 Oct 2019
why do they have no face mask?
08 Oct 2019
Face masks are important in hong kong
08 Oct 2019
this is terrible and they should have face masks if the police is going to throw tear gas at them
to terrible thats violent really but people need to stop their violent protest so who's right and who's wrong
08 Oct 2019
Can someone tell me why they banned the face masks????
so when the police catch them they would throw tear gas at each other and let that continu
08 Oct 2019
Yes,it is bad they banned it but I get the point that if they are trying to make it more peaceful they shouldn’t want to hide there identity.but in diverse they are trying not to get killed.
08 Oct 2019
Face masks are for safety in pollution and in this situation protecting hongkong protesters from tear gas and other substances and chemicals. Banning this means a potential health risk... but I do understand why they have done this. They have done this to make protesters want to run from the harmful chemicals.
another reason is the Kong Kong government wants to see the protester's identity.
08 Oct 2019
All please protect your selfs i hope you make it safety
08 Oct 2019
Can somebody tell me why face masks have been ban .like can't they die
08 Oct 2019
anyway I think they should have their face masks because if they don't they breath in bad or maybe toxic gas and they could diiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
08 Oct 2019
In my opinion,I think that banning face masks in Hong Kong was a very illogical choice.It seems to me that China wouldn't care less if people start dying or getting horribly sick.I also it's very unfair that China gets to be in control of Hong Kong .After all, China is colossal,vast country more like an empire .So I hope sooner or later China will be more reasonable, generous and lend back Hong Kong to the citizens in Hong Kong so they can make their own decisions .That way no one will be harmed. :)
Can you see this from the other perspective? Why would people choose to conceal their whole face during a protest, rather than just wearing a mask over their mouths to prevent pollution?
I think they would rather conceal their whole face then just covering your mouth because they wouldn't want to be seen or they would rather have full protection from pollution. Or they would maybe conceal their face because lately there has been a few vital attacks which you could get seriously hurt or maybe if the attack was very severe they might sadly die.t
your correct to me
08 Oct 2019
I don't know because as nearly everyone said it is bad because safety masks keep smoke out lets say in fires but its good that you should know there identifies.
08 Oct 2019
Will Hong Kong ignore this rule ?
08 Oct 2019
Give me a good reason why you should ban the masks.
08 Oct 2019
I do agree because no one can know there identity and what if they vandalis others we have to struggle to find who it was
08 Oct 2019
People need to breath
08 Oct 2019
The only reason they did it is so they can arrest them so I will say no.
08 Oct 2019
In that photo it has smoke so that might be why they are wearing face masks but it might be to hide their identities so they don't have to go into trial for protesting and then that means they have to go into China and that is the reason why they are protesting.
09 Oct 2019
I do not think that it is ok to ban these face masks 😷 at this current time because with all this protests around the world and in Hong Kong. You should always wear face masks to protests because sparks fly, literally!
09 Oct 2019
I dinny ken why they not let in them wear face masks
Can someone help passionate_dinosaur by offering an answer?
09 Oct 2019
Also, people in Hong Kong are declining the fact that they are not allowed to wear "Face masks" .
09 Oct 2019
Thank you very much for commenting.You guys have some nice point.
10 Oct 2019
I think that is unfair because people should be allowed to wear what they want say I couldn’t wear a hat that would be unfair on me and the government shouldn’t always decide what to do there should be a vote for people who are allowed to wear what they want or not
10 Oct 2019
Hong Kong should not need face mask if you are protesting peacefully but if you are near a violent protest test you should be aloud a mask in case of tear gas
10 Oct 2019
This is bad that they are band because they need them for the smok
10 Oct 2019
Without a mask people will die
What's your evidence for this comment?
10 Oct 2019
I think Nonono without the mask people will die!!!
What's your evidence for this comment?
that is not nesicerily true because the people behind the masks could be theifs and they will get away!
10 Oct 2019
I agree with this statement for many reasons. To begin with, it allows us to see who is protesting. Also, it gives us a chance to be able to know why they are protesting minority of the time.
10 Oct 2019
the no face mask rule was applied by Hong Kong's government because they need to show their identity
10 Oct 2019
the proteters should wear a mask because they can protect themselves from having tear gases on thier face
10 Oct 2019
no this mask protects peoples identity if they're faces are revealed they might end up in jail. On the other hand, some masked faces are good because people are safe from the tear gas.
10 Oct 2019
I think it is wrong to ban face masks as people could die without them but also they could be criminals.
11 Oct 2019
People in Hong Kong need to wear face masks as the place is completely polluted. Breathing inhaling air this bad can cause various diseases to do with the lungs. In my perspective, I believe that this news is false.
11 Oct 2019
Hong Kong's people should be aloud to wear their face masks because they have a right to wear their face masks when they want
11 Oct 2019
Why would they do this? What about all the gasses around?
11 Oct 2019
no because there is lots of smoke around the city and they could die of all of the smoke and i dont agree because it could realy inger them
11 Oct 2019
there are criminals out there
11 Oct 2019
it is wrong ?
it could kill someone?
How could it do that?
i completely agree
11 Oct 2019
it is wrong ?
it could kill someone?
11 Oct 2019
i agree
11 Oct 2019
it is polution?
11 Oct 2019
it would be mean if they didnt have them maskes on
11 Oct 2019
it could realy harm others and really ingers other people and it could really kill them so we don't need to fight them because we ether dont atack them or we do because we might really iger them which could like kill them(this means if we try)that means we could pratically kill them if we get in a fight with them so we dont want to gofor them becase we might ethen kill them because they have no gas mask on because there is pollution going on in China
11 Oct 2019
I think it's wrong because of all the smoke that's happening or in other word's tear gas
12 Oct 2019
China want to ban face masks because they want to see peoples identity and they believe people are doing it to hide themselves but in those Asian countries people wear face masks as respect to stop people from getting their illness or to stop spreading their germs. There is also a lot of pollution in Hong Kong it is called smog. Only Hong Kong at the moment is being helped my the masks.
14 Oct 2019
I disagree as people possibly would not be able to see with how violent Hong Kong protests. The teargas they are using may hurt people and there is no way to help innocent people who got dragged into this.
14 Oct 2019
They should wear face masks because you need it if there's lots of pollution around.
14 Oct 2019
in my opinion, I don't think the Chinese government cares about there citizens in China. I think that the Chinese government should approve that during bombs they should be able to have face masks because the Chinese citizens know that smoke and bad chemicals are bad for there lungs. I don't think that is very fair, the Chinese government has protection where as the people of China don't have protection. in my final words I think the Chinese government should allow face masks (for protection) during bombs.
Are face-masks just for protection from pollution, do you think?
Not only pollution. In our previous lessons, I have heard that teer gas has been released by the police during the protests. If they want to solve global warning, then why are they dirtying their streets and dirtying our planet? Face masks should be banned also as they some are made of rubber which is contracted from trees. This causes air pollution which heats our planets up. Overall, I'm not that keen on one decision.
14 Oct 2019
They should be allowed to wear face masks because if people aren't disguised then they'll be recognised and they might be arrested.
14 Oct 2019
I think that its not fair for people to breath in gas they should use it for protection (bombs,gas).
15 Oct 2019
I also agree with mind-blowing clarinet because
people might be allergic so they should have the
right to wear a face mask
15 Oct 2019
The ban is horrific because the pollution is really bad and they could die because as the pollution contains carbon dioxide It is poisonous and will be harmful in many ways but on the bright side it doesn’t hide their faces
I think you have Mađe a really good comment .it is got very good imformation jolly_seahourse’s WELL DONE !!!
Thanks it’s a normal opinion as I am learning about it
15 Oct 2019
in my opinion, I think they should be allowed to wear face masks because it helps keep them protected from the pollution and harmful gases in the air
16 Oct 2019
no it shouldn't it depends on our lives🤔
16 Oct 2019
I think that they shouldn't ban the face masks. It is in the government's best interests to keep their people safe, and if they ban the face masks, it could put the protestors, some of their people, in danger, because the Chinese military are using potentially poisonous gases to quell the protests, and the face masks protect people from these. Although I don't think that the violent protests are a good solution to the issue, it is important to the government to keep their people safe, so they should not ban the masks so nobody is harmed by the gases.
16 Oct 2019
I don't think that masks should be banned in Hong Kong as otherwise the people of Hong Kong may get sick because of the pollution.
16 Oct 2019
they should wear face masks because there is rioting and fumes in the air which is bad for you. i dont understand why the chinese government would make people not wear face masks. isnt it there job to keep people safe?
Yeah I agree with you because air pollution causes life or death and that will lower the population of Hong Kong.
22 Oct 2019
their is a lot of pollution in china so instead of baning face masks they should give everyone a face mask
23 Mar 2020
I think, due to the Coronavirus, face mask should be accessed and unbanned.
People say Face masks don't help, so either it is anecdotal evidence or, it is proved for a fact. Since I have never worn a face mask, (whether for medical purposes or to hide my identity) I do not know if it works or not but I think the way to tell would be If scientists say so because they are researchers that gather up evidence(?) so i think they would be trustworthy.
The reason I think they should be unbanned in Hong Kong is because they might work, after all they block your mouth so that when you cough germs are released and it could be helpful because if they see a person with a face mask, that doesn't mean they have Corona, but they could be ill so if you see that sign, get to a safe distance. I think face masks can be helpful in a way.
That is Hong Kong's choice if they think it is right, but if they are unbanned because China is their ruler then that's okay.
spirited_insect
Are face masks still banned in Hong Kong? This post was written a while ago now so things might have changed...
I agree that's why I said that China might have unbanned them because of the virus.
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