Although the Japanese government did not restrict people from entering the building and holding activities in the neighborhood, they did ban the speaking of Taiwanese and required that people wear shoes and wear pants at least as low as the calves--regulations that served to keep most of the native Taiwanese population out.
雖然日本當局並沒有限制人民進入總督府及在附近活動，但卻規定要穿鞋，不可以著三分褲及說台語，無異是以另一種變相的方式管制台民的出入。