DAY 26: TOP OFFICIALS IN CHINA, TAIWAN AND MACAU TO CANVASS VOTES IN HK

Sunday voting in Bayanihan 

Top Philippine officials in Beijing, Macau and Taiwan will come to Hong Kong on May 9 to join their counterparts here for the canvassing of votes in the Philippine presidential and national elections.

According to Vice Consul Alex Vallespin, the Consul General in Macau, Lilibeth Deapera, as well as a representative of the Embassy in Beijing, will sit with the special board of canvassers (SBOC) headed by Deputy Consul General Christian de Jesus.

A representative from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan will also come with the election results from the island for canvassing in Hong Kong.

Vallespin explained that the special board of election inspectors in the cities in Greater China will be asked to print out results of the balloting, which their representatives will bring to Hong Kong for canvassing.

He said the printed election results would be counted manually before the canvassing.

The news came as 546 more voters cast their ballots on May 6, the 26^th day of overseas voting. That brought the total tally to 36,570, or about 39% of the total registered voters of more than 93,000

Consulate officials are still hoping their target of a 50% turnout would be achieved by the last day of voting on May 9. – Vir B. Lumicao