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| Sunday voting in Bayanihan |
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 26th 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
