The next and more cogent point argued by defendant's solicitor was that, assuming that the Emergency Regulations were still in force, they were contrary to the Royal Instruetions which clearly stated that the Government of Hongkong should not pass any Iaws'which would subject a person not of European birth or descent to any difficulty or discrimination to which a, person of Europican descent was riot subjected. These Instructions were proclaimed when the British took over Hongkong. That being the case, were not the regulations, Mr. Lo asked, under which his clients were summoned ultra vives? If an or-finance were passed saying that the Chinese papers and no other papers were to be censored, there would be more than one voice to the Legislative Council wanting to say something about it
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