Politics
Written by: Liu Jinhua
2019-12-30 19:15
Last updated: 2019-12-30 22:15With only two days left, the new District Council members will take office, and the District Council candidates and candidates who are nominated will successively report "11.24" election expenses to the Registration and Electoral Office. Among them, Chen Ziwei, who defeated the current Chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, Ye Aodong of the DAB, spent only 13,681 yuan in the election, which is believed to be the least expensive among many elected candidates.
Checking his election expenses in detail, he only spent 7,648 yuan for election propaganda, including printing posters, banners, leaflets, etc. The single item that cost the most was 20 flags at 3,200 yuan. He also used $ 1,812 for the image design, which included buying T-shirts, trousers, zipper vests, and hair spray for $ 40. As for election donations, Chen Ziwei received three cash donations totalling 6,899 yuan.
Cen Zijie spent a total of RMB 62,638 in this election and spent RMB 58,488 on publicity for the election, of which 44,000 leaflets were printed with RMB 22,000. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)
Compared with Chen Ziwei, the FDC convener and the candidate for Shatian Liyuan District Councillor Cen Zijie's election expenses are relatively high, a full 4.6 times. Cen Zijie declared that he spent 62,638 yuan in the election, and the vast majority (58,488 yuan) was spent on election propaganda, and 44,000 leaflets were printed with 22,000 yuan.
In addition to traditional posters and election campaigns, Cen Zijie also has printed lanterns, style tapes and other promotional materials. Cen Zijie's social company will cover all election expenses, including cash and goods borrowing.
People's forces Tan Dezhi has a similar situation. The assessment cost 42,820 yuan in this election, of which 31,620 yuan was for publicity expenses and 5,000 yuan was for office expenses.
The two-member MP Jun Junyu who was re-elected in Yuen Long and Beilang spent 37,795 yuan for re-election, which is not much compared to other political stars, because many of his promotional costs can be shared with Democratic Party members, such as the Democratic Party Election web pages, party cars, Apple mobile news ads, etc. (Profile picture / Photo by Huang Baoying)
The two-member MP Jun Junyu who was re-elected in Yuen Long and Beilang spent 37,795 yuan for re-election, which is not much compared to other political stars, because many of his promotional costs can be shared with Democratic Party members, such as the Democratic Party Election web pages, party cars, Apple News campaigns, etc., and these expenses are covered by the Democratic Party.
In terms of personal propaganda, such as hiring an election assistant, printing leaflets and banners, he accounted for most of his expenses, and the Democratic Party also donated $ 1,725 in cash to him.
As a newly elected amateur, Yuehua Liang Kaiqing of Kwun Tong spent $ 43,303 in election expenses, including printing 37,000 booklets at $ 18,193, making over 100 banners with $ 11,891, and producing new promotional items such as badge light boxes.
He Junyao, who lost the election at Tuen Mun Le Cui, spent 41,288 yuan on election expenses, and the only election donation he received was 8 cups of Luo Han Guo tea worth 128 yuan.
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