Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa came to the Hong Kong Park
Sports Center to cast his vote for the third term Legislative
Council (LegCo) election at 9:00 AM Sunday.
A total of 501 polling stations in Hong Kong are open to the
electors to cast their votes from 7:30 AM to 10:30 PM Sunday.
Tung said that as a citizen, he came to the polling station to
cast his vote to practice his duty, and as a chief executive, he
would cooperate with the new Legislative Council in advancing Hong
Kong's economic development and maintaining Hong Kong's prosperity
and stability.
The third term of Hong Kong's LegCo will be composed of 60
members, with 30 to be returned by functional constituencies and
another 30 by geographical constituencies through direct
elections.
A total of 159 candidates have been validly nominated for the
LegCo election. Of which, 11 candidates have been elected unopposed
in 11 functional constituencies to the Legislative
Council.
About 3.4 million people (3.2 million from geographical
constituencies and 0.2 million from functional constituencies) have
registered as electors for the LegCo election, who will choose the
remaining 49 members of Hong Kong's third term LegCo.
The LegCo is Hong Kong's legislative body. The term of office of
the third term LegCo members will begin on Oct. 1, 2004, and last
for four years.
(Xinhua News Agency September 12, 2004)
