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[‘This should not be rushed’: expansion of HK discrimination laws to cover mainland Chinese must be balanced, experts say] A proposed expansion of Hong Kong’s anti-discrimination laws to give mainland Chinese people protected status recently revived after years of lobbying must be narrow in scope, legal experts have warned, lest the changes chip away at freedom of expression. The government should also adhere to concrete principles laid down in past court cases in formulating any changes, they added, despite officials insisting such protections are desperately needed and in line with evolving international human rights law. “This should not be rushed,...
