|
Macao chief calls for more participation in legislative poll
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-25 16:05
Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of Macao Special Administrative Region
(MSAR), urged more registered voters to participate in the on-going legislative
poll in Macao on Sunday.
Ho made the remarks while talking to media at Instituto Salesiano, a local
middle school where he cast his own vote.
The chief executive said the legislative poll is a significant part of
Macao's political affairs and he wishes that all registered voters would cast
their votes to elect "the true representatives" of Macao people.
To cast votes is to dedicate efforts to the maintenance of the policy of "one
country, two systems," Ho added.
The massive voting was kicked off Sunday morning to generate Macao's third
Legislative Assembly (LA)
Over 60,000 voters have cast their votes, according to a latest press release
issued by the Information Bureau.
The number of registered voters has reached 220,653, or nearly half of the
region's population. The authorities predicted that the voters turn-out will
range between 60 to 70 percent of all the registered voters.
In line with the Basic Law, the new LA will be composed of 29 members
including 12 from the direct elections, 10 from the indirect elections, which
are conducted by community representatives, and seven appointed by the SAR's
chief executive.
A total of 125 candidates from 18 social groups contest in the direct
elections, and 10 candidates, in the indirect elections.
The provisional results will hopefully be announced on early Monday
morning.
|
 | | | Beijing International Cultural and Tourism Festival | | |  | | | Names solicited for baby mandrill | | |  | | | British Princess Anne visits children in Hefei | | |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Today's
Top News |
|
|
|
Top China
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
