Teenagers given voice in poll
Teenagers will have a chance to vote for Donald Tsang Yam-kuen or his challenger, Alan Leong Kah-kit, for chief executive in an unofficial referendum to be held tomorrow.
'As we always say we need to listen to teenagers' voices, we should let them vote for themselves,' said Cyd Ho Sau-lan, who organised Project Civil Referendum.
More than 20 secondary schools have been invited to join the process, in which there will be two sets of votes at 28 polling stations across Hong Kong; one for those between 11 and 18, and one for adults. The two will be counted separately.
As well as picking the next chief executive, the voters will get a chance to say if they support universal suffrage by 2012, and whether Hong Kong needs a minimum wage.
Ms Ho said a bus rally would be held today to promote tomorrow's referendum.
An international observer from the European Union would join the rally, she said.
Newspaper advertisements encouraging people to vote will be published tomorrow and a bus will be used as a mobile polling station for people who live far from the fixed sites.
'We will tell the public where the polling stations are, and the rules of the voting in the advertisements,' Ms Ho said.
Meanwhile, a mock poll in six schools has given Mr Tsang the top job by 105 votes to seven for Mr Leong. The poll was conducted by the Civil Force group in six secondary schools in Sha Tin between March 7 and 21. A spokeswoman for Civil Force said the mock poll had enhanced students' knowledge of the chief executive election, and they hoped to be able to cast votes in a direct election one day.
