A system allowing voters to check online how long they need to wait at polling stations was back in action shortly after 4pm on Sunday, after it was taken offline in the morning. The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said in a statement shortl...

According to the official election website, 839,563 voters had cast ballots by 3.30pm in the 10 geographical constituencies in the Legislative Council elections. That's a turnout rate of 18.77 percent exactly halfway through the 2021 election day. ...

The Centre for Health Protection on Sunday reported eight new, imported cases of Covid-nineteen, of which seven are confirmed to involve mutant strains. Testing on the other patient was inconclusive. Two of the patients arrived from the UK, with the...

The Observatory on Sunday said it may issue a tropical cyclone warning signal during the day on Monday as Severe Typhoon Rai moves gradually towards Hong Kong. At 2pm, the storm was within 200 kilometres of the coast of southern Vietnam, from where ...

According to the election website, 643,603 ballots had been cast in geographical seats by 1.30pm in Sunday's Legislative Council elections. That's a turnout rate of 14.39 percent. At the same time on polling day in 2016, turnout was at 18.88 percen...

Just over 12 percent of Hong Kong's registered electorate had cast their ballots by 12.30pm in Sunday's Legislative Council elections. According to the official election website, 540,336 people had voted by then. In the 2016 Legco elections, 566,6...

The chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Barnabas Fung, announced on Sunday that the opening hours of five polling stations will be extended by up to 22 minutes. He said it took longer than expected to open four of them in the morning as vo...

Election Committee members on Sunday played down the voter turnout in the Legislative Council elections, saying people should not dwell on the figure and it would be totally normal if it was low. Members of the 1,500-strong committee can choose 40 o...

More than 418,000 Hong Kong residents voted in the first three hours of Sunday's Legislative Council elections. According to the official election website, the turnout rate at 11.30am was 9.35 percent. In the 2016 Legco elections, 7.12 percent of...

In the first two hours of voting for Sunday's Legislative Council elections, 284,924 voters cast their ballots, according to the official election website. The turnout rate by 10.30am was 6.36 percent . At the 2016 election, 3.73 percent of voters...

The first voting figures have come in from Sunday's Legislative Council elections. According to the election website, 142,304 voters cast ballots in the first hour of voting for a turnout rate of 3.18 percent. In the 2016 election, 1.31 percent of ...

Top officials fanned out to vote across the territory on Sunday, as the government urged people to support the revamped electoral system designed to ensure only those deemed as patriots can win seats in the next Legislative Council. Chief Secretary ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Sunday the SAR government has not set a voter turnout target for today’s Legislative Council polls, but again urged people to cast their vote in what she called a “very meaningful” election after Beijing overh...

An online system aimed at letting people voting in the 2021 Legislative Council elections check how long expected queuing times at polling stations are was disabled on Sunday, to be replaced by physical signs at all polling centres. The Registration...

Hongkongers head to the polls on Sunday for the Legislative Council election, the first under the revamped system whereby only people deemed patriots will be standing. Polling stations will be open between 8.30 am and 10.30 pm. A total of 153 can...

Hong Kong confirmed three more cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, bringing the local tally to 14. One of them is a cargo flight crew member who was exempted from quarantine. The man, 36, arrived from the United States on Monday a...

The ICAC said on Saturday that magistrates had issued arrest warrants for former lawmaker Nathan Law, former student leader Sunny Cheung and former district councillors Nigel Lee, Timothy Lee and Carmen Lau. The anti-graft commission said the five ...

The chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Barnabas Fung, says officials will strive to speed up the vote counting after the Legislative Council poll on Sunday and are hopeful that the results of all 90 seats up for grabs could be announced by...

Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang says the government has not set a target for turnout in Sunday's Legislative Council election, as he accused anti-China forces of trying to undermine the poll by calling for a boycott. S...

Hong Kong has confirmed two more cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, bringing the local tally to 11 so far. One of them is among seven imported cases confirmed on Friday. The patient, 41, is a cargo flight crew member who arrived on Wednesda...