HK Votes for Election Committee of Legislative CouncilThe voting of the Election Committee members responsible for choosing the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) was held Sunday.About 168,000 voters are expected to turn out to elect 482 Election Committee members from among 723 candidates belonging to 25 subsectors and two sub-subsectors. The doors of 100 polling stations located throughout Hong Kong are open up to 10:30 in the evening for voters to elect candidates representing their subsectors to sit on the Election Committee. Anson Chan, secretary for administration, said an independent Election Committee will make sure that the elections take place in a fair, open and transparent manner. This year's arrangements have also been made with a view to facilitating voters to cast their votes, she added. The Election Committee is made up of 664 elected members, 40 members nominated by the religious subsector and 96 ex-officio members, who are Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress of China and Legislative Council members. The Committee will then elect six of the 60 Legislative Council members in September this year. A total of 182 candidates from nine subsectors and two sub- subsectors have already been elected unopposed. |
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