Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak today visited a 2023 Rural Ordinary Election polling station at Fanling Public School in North District.

Noting the smooth operation of the polling station, Miss Mak said that eligible electors should vote according to the date, time and venue specified in the polling notice.

She added that the electors should carry their identity documents or statutory alternatives to collect ballot papers and appealed to them to vote for their desired candidate for building a harmonious rural community.

There are 1,640 candidates in the Village Representative Election. Since one of the two candidates contesting in the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative Election has passed away, the remaining candidate was returned uncontested.

As such, 1,083 candidates have been returned uncontested in the poll, while 566 candidates will compete for 286 seats.