LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs observes Registration and Electoral Office's demonstration of electronic counting of votes (with photos)

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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Constitutional Affairs visited the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) today (February 13) to observe a demonstration of electronic counting of votes.

     Accompanied by representatives of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau and REO, Members received a briefing on the functions of electronic vote-counting machines and observed a demonstration of the operation of two types of electronic vote-counting machines, namely "Machines with paper counting function only" and "Machines with both vote recognition and paper counting functions", to gain a better understanding of the details of a pilot scheme of electronic counting of votes proposed by the Government.

     The Panel on Constitutional Affairs will discuss "Launching a pilot scheme of electronic counting in the 2020 Legislative Council General Election" at its meeting next Monday (February 18). The agenda and discussion papers for the meeting are available at the following webpage: www.legco.gov.hk/yr18-19/english/panels/ca/agenda/ca20190218.htm.

     Members participating in the visit included the Chairman of the Panel, Mr Cheung Kwok-kwan; Panel members Mr Paul Tse, Ms Claudia Mo, Mr Charles Peter Mok, Dr Helena Wong, Mr Ip Kin-yuen and Dr Cheng Chung-tai; as well as non-Panel member Mr Shiu Ka-chun.

Ends/Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Issued at HKT 22:30

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The Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs visits the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) today (February 13) to receive a briefing from the Chief Electoral Officer of REO, Mr Wong See-man (standing in the middle), on the functions of electronic vote-counting machines.

Members of the Legislative Council visited the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) today (February 13) to observe a demonstration of electronic counting of votes. Photo shows (from left) the Chief Electoral Officer of REO, Mr Wong See-man; the Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Roy Tang; Dr Helena Wong; Dr Cheng Chung-tai; Mr Cheung Kwok-kwan; Mr Shiu Ka-chun; Mr Charles Peter Mok; Mr Ip Kin-yuen; Ms Claudia Mo; the Principal Electoral Officer of REO, Mr Raymond Wang; and the Political Assistant to Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Kenneth Ng, in the REO.