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Electors of the Kwun Tong District Council Ping Shek Constituency are urged to vote in the by-election in their constituency tomorrow (May 26).
A polling station, located at Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School, 10 Clear Water Bay Road, Ping Shek Estate, Kowloon, will be open to electors from 7.30am to 10.30pm.
"Voting is very simple. It just takes a few minutes to vote," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said today (May 25).
"All electors need to do is to show their identity document at the polling station where they will be issued a ballot paper, use the chop provided to stamp a tick on the ballot paper in the circle opposite the name of the chosen candidate, and fold the ballot paper inward in half before putting it into the ballot box," he said.
For electors of the Ping Shek Constituency who are remanded or detained by law enforcement agencies other than the Correctional Services Department (CSD) on the polling day of the by-election, and who have expressed their wish to vote in the by-election, arrangements have been made for them to vote at the dedicated polling station located at Ngau Tau Kok Police Station, 1 Siu Yip Street, Ngau Tau Kok. The polling hours will be from 7.30am to 10.30pm.
Six dedicated polling stations will also be set up in penal institutions for electors in the constituency who are imprisoned or remanded in the CSD's custody to cast their votes in their respective penal institutions. For security reasons, the polling hours will be from 9am to 4pm.
The voting procedure and the venue set-up at the dedicated polling stations are basically the same as those of the ordinary polling station.
The spokesman reminded people that according to the law, the polling stations are restricted areas accessible only by electors and authorised people.
"Unauthorised people are strictly prohibited from using mobile phones, taking photographs, filming, and making video or audio recordings in the polling stations," he said.
Enquiries about the by-election can be made to the election hotline at 2891 1001, which will operate from 7am to 11pm tomorrow.
A complaints hotline, 2827 7251, will also be in service from 7.30am to 11pm tomorrow to handle complaints about breaches of electoral rules and guidelines.
Once the poll is closed, the polling station at Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School will be converted into a counting station. People are welcome to watch the vote counting within the designated area at the counting station.
To protect the secrecy of votes, the ballot boxes of the dedicated polling stations will be delivered to the main counting station at Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School for opening after the close of polling. The ballot papers concerned will be mixed with the ballot papers cast at the main counting station before counting of votes begins.
"The Returning Officer will declare the election results at the counting station at Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School," the spokesman said.
The two candidates contesting the by-election are Chan Chun-kit (No. 1) and Leung Kwok-hung (Long hair)(No. 2).
The elected candidate will fill the vacant office for an elected member of the Kwun Tong District Council.
Ends/Saturday, May 25, 2013
Issued at HKT 18:18
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