Hong Kong Legco elections live: polls finally close in hotly contested races
This was the South China Morning Post’s rolling coverage of Hong Kong’s 2016 legislature elections as polls were open.
The first Legco polls since the two014 Occupy protests brought out quite 2.2 million voters.
Our reporters were stationed round the town to report live. For the Post’s latest coverage, please click here.
Finally, everywhere (2.15am)
By 2.15am the previous few voters have forged their ballots and by two.30am polling stations across urban center have closed their doors.
Michael Leung, the second last elector by variety to forged his ballot aforesaid he was mitigated when waiting quite four hours in line.
“Really don’t grasp why we have a tendency to had to attend this long. i ponder whether or not there have been any body slips,” he said. ”I was terribly desperate to forged this vote because it can have an effect on Hong Kong’s political development.”
1,000 still in line (1.30am)
At 1.30am, AN calculable one,000 individuals ar still queueing to vote at the japanese District Junior Police decision edifice topographic point in Tai Koo Shing. Some are within the line for nearly four hours and have
brought collapsable chairs and snacks. Volunteers distribute bottles of water.
District member St. Andrew Chiu Ka-yin slammed electoral officers for poor coming up with. “There ar aged and pregnant voters and other people WHO haven’t even been ready to head to the bathroom,” he said.
Tai Koo resident St. Andrew Cheung, 40, a businessperson, said: “I’ve been here 3 hours. decision it a conspiracy or what you prefer however i actually suspect it absolutely was a deliberate act to [deter U.S.A. from voting].
“This was a disproportionately tiny topographic point for therefore several residents here and that they knew that.”
The Lee family, WHO rapt to Tai Koo a year past, were in line for nearly 3 hours and aforesaid the wait solely reinforced their determination to exercise their “civic duty”.
Hundreds still waiting at hour (10.30pm)
At 10.30 sharp, with polling stations attributable to shut, quite five hundred individuals ar still queueing outside the most ballot station at lagoon town residential estate in Lam Tin, stretching into a close mall.
As hour nears individuals rush to induce in line. there's an important police presence ANd minor tension once an electoral officer sounds out a count.
“I simply got off the possession ferry from a business trip and hurried back forthwith to forged my vote,” aforesaid Ivan Lai Chinese deity, 27. “This vote is vital. I won’t say WHO I’m ballot for this point however i'm ballot for the proper individuals.”
Stanley Tse, 50, WHO works in banking, aforesaid he was ballot late as he needed to attend and see that of his favoured candidates required additional votes.
Lee Ho-tin, 22, aforesaid he had waited late to vote as he thought there would be fewer individuals. “Who would have guessed the queue would be this long?”
Lee says he desires to vote for candidates within the political party and Civic Party as he considers himself moderate and doesn't support radical politics.
Queue doubles long (10pm)
With but 0.5 AN hour to travel till polls advance urban center, the queue at a station in Taikoo Shing showed no signs of shortening.
The line a minimum of doubled in size and snaked all round the station’s grounds as many eager voters arrived to vote.
Several law enforcement officials were deployed to stay the queue union.
And still they queued... (9pm)
As polling day wound down, many hundred individuals were still queuing to vote at a topographic point in Taikoo Shing.
Some within the queue, that coiled around a complete block, were agitated and scolded station staff.
“If you knew such a large amount of individuals would come back here, why didn’t you organise additional individuals to figure at this station?” a person yelled at a employee.
Retiree mountain Lee, 55, aforesaid he waited over AN hour to induce to the top of the queue and goddamned the attend poor government arrangements.
“This has ne'er happened before,” he said. “They already knew a year past that a close-by topographic point wouldn’t be on the market [today], however still they didn’t do something. They don’t wish individuals to vote, however I’ll persist as a result of I don’t just like the approach they are doing things.”
Another elector WHO asked solely to be known by his name Choy aforesaid he came to the topographic point once within the afternoon however determined to come within the evening as he thought the queue would be shorter. See more please click here.
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The first Legco polls since the two014 Occupy protests brought out quite 2.2 million voters.
Our reporters were stationed round the town to report live. For the Post’s latest coverage, please click here.
By 2.15am the previous few voters have forged their ballots and by two.30am polling stations across urban center have closed their doors.
Michael Leung, the second last elector by variety to forged his ballot aforesaid he was mitigated when waiting quite four hours in line.
“Really don’t grasp why we have a tendency to had to attend this long. i ponder whether or not there have been any body slips,” he said. ”I was terribly desperate to forged this vote because it can have an effect on Hong Kong’s political development.”
1,000 still in line (1.30am)
At 1.30am, AN calculable one,000 individuals ar still queueing to vote at the japanese District Junior Police decision edifice topographic point in Tai Koo Shing. Some are within the line for nearly four hours and have
brought collapsable chairs and snacks. Volunteers distribute bottles of water.
District member St. Andrew Chiu Ka-yin slammed electoral officers for poor coming up with. “There ar aged and pregnant voters and other people WHO haven’t even been ready to head to the bathroom,” he said.
Tai Koo resident St. Andrew Cheung, 40, a businessperson, said: “I’ve been here 3 hours. decision it a conspiracy or what you prefer however i actually suspect it absolutely was a deliberate act to [deter U.S.A. from voting].
“This was a disproportionately tiny topographic point for therefore several residents here and that they knew that.”
The Lee family, WHO rapt to Tai Koo a year past, were in line for nearly 3 hours and aforesaid the wait solely reinforced their determination to exercise their “civic duty”.
Hundreds still waiting at hour (10.30pm)
At 10.30 sharp, with polling stations attributable to shut, quite five hundred individuals ar still queueing outside the most ballot station at lagoon town residential estate in Lam Tin, stretching into a close mall.
As hour nears individuals rush to induce in line. there's an important police presence ANd minor tension once an electoral officer sounds out a count.
“I simply got off the possession ferry from a business trip and hurried back forthwith to forged my vote,” aforesaid Ivan Lai Chinese deity, 27. “This vote is vital. I won’t say WHO I’m ballot for this point however i'm ballot for the proper individuals.”
Stanley Tse, 50, WHO works in banking, aforesaid he was ballot late as he needed to attend and see that of his favoured candidates required additional votes.
Lee Ho-tin, 22, aforesaid he had waited late to vote as he thought there would be fewer individuals. “Who would have guessed the queue would be this long?”
Lee says he desires to vote for candidates within the political party and Civic Party as he considers himself moderate and doesn't support radical politics.
Queue doubles long (10pm)
With but 0.5 AN hour to travel till polls advance urban center, the queue at a station in Taikoo Shing showed no signs of shortening.
The line a minimum of doubled in size and snaked all round the station’s grounds as many eager voters arrived to vote.
Several law enforcement officials were deployed to stay the queue union.
And still they queued... (9pm)
As polling day wound down, many hundred individuals were still queuing to vote at a topographic point in Taikoo Shing.
Some within the queue, that coiled around a complete block, were agitated and scolded station staff.
“If you knew such a large amount of individuals would come back here, why didn’t you organise additional individuals to figure at this station?” a person yelled at a employee.
Retiree mountain Lee, 55, aforesaid he waited over AN hour to induce to the top of the queue and goddamned the attend poor government arrangements.
“This has ne'er happened before,” he said. “They already knew a year past that a close-by topographic point wouldn’t be on the market [today], however still they didn’t do something. They don’t wish individuals to vote, however I’ll persist as a result of I don’t just like the approach they are doing things.”
Another elector WHO asked solely to be known by his name Choy aforesaid he came to the topographic point once within the afternoon however determined to come within the evening as he thought the queue would be shorter. See more please click here.
T/H: scmp
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