Mrs Lam: the upcoming Legislative Council election is of great importance to the future of Hong Kong

2021-12-08

The general election of the Legislative Council of the HKSAR in 2021 will be held on December 19. The chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam, said on the 7th that the primary goal was to make the election fair, open and accurate, and called on voters to cast a vote of confidence in the future of Hong Kong. Mrs Lam made the above remarks when she met the media before attending the Executive Council on the same day. According to Mrs Lam, the Legislative Council General Election involves the largest number of sectors in history, including geographical constituency elections, functional constituency elections and Election Committee constituency elections; Registered voters are also the largest, with nearly 4.5 million registered voters available to vote on December 19; The voting time for the election is long, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., a total of 14 hours. In addition, the number of staff mobilized in this election is also the largest in history, with more than 38000 staff responsible for serving voters and counting votes at polling stations. In addition to these personnel directly engaged in election work, the support team mobilized is also the largest, including the police force to mobilize 10000 people, the civil aid service to mobilize about 1200 people, the auxiliary medical service to mobilize about 530 people, and the ICAC will deploy 900 people to participate in the service. Mrs Lam stressed that the election was crucial to the future of Hong Kong. She pointed out that this is an important public election after the improvement of the SAR electoral system. It gives voters the opportunity to express their support for the restoration of rationality of the Legislative Council, so that the legislature can cooperate, interact and restrict with the executive, and make due contributions to the future development of Hong Kong. This is a vote of confidence in the future of Hong Kong. (outlook new era)

Edit:He Chuanning    Responsible editor:Su Suiyue

Source:Xinhua

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