Fair weather took over yesterday, Apr 25, but work had
apparently kept most Filipino voters in Hong Kong from trooping to the Bayanihan Center
in Kennedy Town
By the day’s end, only 334 voters were recorded, one of the
lowest in 17 days of voting.
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The total figure now stands at 23,646, representing just
over 22% of the more than 93,000 registered to vote in Hong
Kong .
With just 14 days left in the month-long overseas voting,
Consulate officials are still optimistic they could hit their target turnout of
between 45% to 50%.
They described Monday’s voting at Bayanihan Centre as quiet
and smooth, and with none of the technical glitches involving the vote counting
machines.
Only nine VCMs are being used at the polling place, instead
of the 10 originally designated for Hong Kong .
Comelec sent four replacement units in the first week of
voting, but three have already been used in place of those that had broken down
earlier. The fourth is not configured, so is useless.
A request for additional units has yet to be met.
