Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) Chairman David Lok said the commission observed that the operation of 2025 Legislative Council General Election polling stations is smooth.

Mr Lok, along with EAC members Prof Daniel Shek and Bernard Man, visited the election’s Central Command Centre and Statistical Information Centre today. They also inspected the Near Boundary Polling Station at Hong Kong International Airport Terminal 2, and the Ordinary Polling Stations located in different districts.

Noting that the EAC, like all Hong Kong citizens, was deeply saddened by the fire in Tai Po, Mr Lok said: “Yet, we believe that in this difficult time, it is even more important that electors should cast their votes in the Legislative Council General Election to fulfil their civic responsibility in a serious manner and elect a new term of Legislative Council members for them to carry out their crucial functions and meet the overall interests of Hong Kong.

“I appeal to all electors across Hong Kong to make use of their sacred votes to elect the new Legislative Council and build a better Hong Kong that we call home together.”

As at 12.30pm, 536,527 electors for geographical constituencies have voted, bringing the accumulative turnout rate to 12.99%.

The Registration & Electoral Office’s hotline at 2891 1001 will be in service until midnight to answer enquiries relating to the election.

Meanwhile, the complaints hotline at 2827 7251 will also operate until midnight to handle cases about breaches of electoral rules and guidelines.