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2021-07-20T01:10:34.680Z


The temporary voter register for the 2021 Election Committee subsector is open for inspection yesterday (19th). The DAB Legislative Council Member Wong Ting-kwong said at the meeting of the Legislative Council Committee on Constitutional Affairs today (19th) that it had been


The temporary voter register of the 2021 Election Committee subsector is open for inspection yesterday (19th). The DAB Legislative Council Member Wong Ting-kwong stated at the meeting of the Legislative Council Committee on Constitutional Affairs today (19th) that he had already registered as The legislative council is an election committee member of course, but has still not been able to verify the success of the registration, criticizing the election process for "slowly procrastinating", "it is so difficult to understand, and the family is still holding a pipa." The


Registration and Electoral Office. Chief Electoral Affairs Officer Weng Yinghui pointed out that what was announced yesterday was only the provisional voter register for subsectors. Of course, the registration of the election committee was verified by the Candidate Qualification Review Committee, and it is expected to be announced on August 5.


In addition, the authorities are discussing with the Centre for Health Protection to consider setting up a voting station at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center for people in isolation to vote.


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Strengthen the promotion of the principle of "Patriot ruling Hong Kong"

The general election of the Legislative Council was held on December 19 this year. The Panel on Constitutional Affairs of the Legislative Council met today (19) to discuss the publicity work of the election. The publicity plan is expected to cost 37.7 million yuan, which is 18% more than the original election publicity expenditure to be held last year. .

Asked by Pakatan Rakyat Wu Yongjia that if there are people with ulterior motives to discredit the election and pass on false information, will the bureau arrange manpower to clarify the rumors? Chen Jieling, Deputy Secretary-General of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, said that the authorities set up special websites for elections and social media. Wait for the platform to clarify the rumors in time.

The DAB Ge Peifan criticized the unfair district council elections the previous year, referring to the discrediting of the government at that time. He also believed that the focus of publicity in this election was only on integrity and did not promote the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong".

The authorities responded that they have continued to promote "Patriots ruling Hong Kong" and will further study the cooperation with Radio Television Hong Kong.

Asked by Pakatan Harapan Leung whether the authorities have made any plans to deal with the recurrence of the epidemic, she also revealed that in the last district council election, her Gmail account used for election promotion was blocked by Google. She asked if the candidate used the Internet to promote At the time, how can the government avoid the publicity work from being affected by foreign Internet companies.

Weng Yinghui pointed out that the authorities are in close contact with the Health Protection Center, and currently tend to set up a voting station at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center; as for voting at the quarantine hotel, practical operations are difficult.

Weng Yinghui pointed out that the authorities are in close contact with the Center for Health Protection and currently tend to set up a voting station at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center. As for voting at the quarantine hotel, actual operations are difficult.

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The establishment "squad leader" Liao Changjiang pointed out that in the 2012 and 2016 Legislative Council elections, the authorities spent 33 million yuan for publicity purposes. As for the general elections ended last year, the authorities also budgeted 32 million yuan for publicity purposes. Planning $37.7 million to promote this year's Legislative Council elections. He is concerned about whether the increase in expenditure is related to the electoral reform.

Liao Changjiang pointed out that after the implementation of the National Security Law, the National Security Office of the Police Force and the National Security Agency were established in Hong Kong. He asked the authorities whether they would set up a joint meeting to contact the National Security Office, the National Security Agency and the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Chen Jieling explained that the authorities set aside 37 million yuan for the promotion of this year's Legislative Council elections, mainly to set aside resources to introduce new election arrangements and election laws, and will advertise on Yahoo!, Google, and Openrice platforms.

The DAB Ho Chun-hsien said that in the district council elections the previous year, someone initiated a "platoon with you" to hinder the election. He questioned the authorities' failure to send "mobile forces" to deal with the relevant acts as a surprise. He asked how the authorities would cooperate with the relevant legislation after the National Security Law was enacted. Publicity.

Yang Leshi responded by saying that new crime-related behaviors have been introduced, and the public will be promoted through briefing sessions and production programs to enhance citizens’ awareness of law-abiding.

The general election of the Legislative Council will be held on December 19 this year. The Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the Legislative Council will hold a meeting to discuss the publicity of the election.

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It will be announced later to shorten the voting time of the Election Committee election

After Pakatan Harapan Lin Jianfeng's concern, what does the authorities do to prevent "anti-China chaos in Hong Kong" from entering the governance structure for publicity, and urge the authorities to do better and more extensive publicity.

Chen Kitling responded that the publicity plan will use traditional and comprehensive methods to convey the message to the public.

Regarding reports that the Election Committee’s voting time is too long, Chen Jieling pointed out that the Election Committee and the Registration and Electoral Office have followed up and shortened the voting time and other arrangements. The authorities are expected to announce it soon.

Huang Dingguang said that he had registered as an ex-officio electoral committee of the Legislative Council, but has not yet been able to verify whether the registration is successful. "Just now before 1 o'clock, I went online to check my voter registration... in my own personal sense. File, I can’t verify that my registration was successful.” He also pointed out that many friends asked the question of verifying the qualifications of the election committee. “I can’t do it on the Internet, so I can reply to my friends around me. I really can’t do it.” .

He criticized the election process for "slowly procrastinating" and "getting it out of trouble."

Weng Yinghui pointed out that what was announced yesterday was only the provisional voter register for subsectors. Of course, the registration of the election committee was verified by the Candidate Qualification Review Committee, and it is expected to be announced on August 5.

Huang Dingguang pointed out why the list of members of the Legislative Council, deputies to the National People's Congress, and CPPCC members who are still in office today is "really real" and "no flowers and no falsehoods." Why have they still not completed the verification process?

Weng Yinghui further explained that some electors used the wrong forms and filled in information. The Qualifications Examination Board also requested the ex-officio electors to provide supplementary information. The relevant information was received on Sunday.

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