Press Release
LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs observes Registration and Electoral Office's demonstration of electronic counting of votes (with photos)
The Legislative Council ("LegCo") Panel on Constitutional Affairs visited the Registration and Electoral Office ("REO") today (13 February) 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 (18 February). The agenda and discussion papers for the meeting are available at the following webpage: https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr18-19/english/panels/ca/agenda/ca20190218.htm.
Members participating in the visit included the Chairman of the Panel, Hon CHEUNG Kwok-kwan; Panel members Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun, Hon Claudia MO, Hon Charles Peter MOK, Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan, Hon IP Kin-yuen and Dr Hon CHENG Chung-tai; as well as non-Panel member Hon SHIU Ka-chun.
Ends/Wednesday, 13 February 2019
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The Legislative Council ("LegCo") Panel on Constitutional Affairs visits the Registration and Electoral Office ("REO") today (13 February) 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.
LegCo Members pose for a group photo in the Registration and Electoral Office ("REO"). (From left) The Chief Electoral Officer of REO, Mr WONG See-man; the Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Roy TANG Yun-kwong; Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan; Dr Hon CHENG Chung-tai; Hon CHEUNG Kwok-kwan; Hon SHIU Ka-chun; Hon Charles Peter MOK; Hon IP Kin-yuen; Hon Claudia MO; the Principal Electoral Officer of REO, Mr Raymond WANG Man-chiu; and the Political Assistant to Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Kenneth NG King-tsun.