Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee ‘ringing up’ voters to rally support on eve of leadership election
- Former No 2 official had no public activities on Saturday, but sources said he was calling Election Committee members in a bid to secure as many votes as possible
- Electoral Affairs Commission chief says vote counting is expected to last for an hour, with the main polling station open from 9am to 11.30am on Sunday
The former No 2 official had no public activities on Saturday, but sources said he was still doing the rounds by phone in a bid to secure as many votes as possible from the 1,461-member Election Committee that will pick the city’s next leader on Sunday.
Electoral Affairs Commission chairman Justice Barnabas Fung Wah said the vote counting was expected to last for an hour, with four people set to cast their ballots at a special polling station set up at quarantine facilities in Penny’s Bay.
“We have stepped up our manpower for vote counting to make sure the process will be smooth and fast,” he said, following a visit to the main polling station at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Police said on their Facebook page they would step up operations for the election, deploying their airport security unit, counterterrorism response unit and railway response team to stage “high-profile anti-terrorism patrols”.