The following is issued on behalf of the Electoral Affairs Commission:

Attention TV and radio duty announcers. Please broadcast the following special announcement immediately and repeat it at frequent intervals:

     The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) announced today (December 10) that due to the failure of the Electronic Poll Register system, all polling stations of the 2023 District Council Ordinary Election have switched to use the printed-form final register for issuing ballot papers.

     After taking relevant circumstances into consideration, the EAC has decided to extend the polling hours for all polling stations to midnight for the affected electors to cast their votes.

     For enquiries, please call the REO hotline at 2891 1001.

Ends/Sunday, December 10, 2023
Issued at HKT 22:26

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