Hong Kong voters head to the polls for the first time since an electoral overhaul and a sweeping national security law on the financial hub
Hong Kong voters are heading to the polls for the first time since an electoral overhaul and a sweeping national security law was imposed on the city.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, among the first to vote, told reporters at a polling station in the suburban Mid-Levels district that the government "had not set any target" on the turnout rate, and she was not aware of any set by the Chinese leadership. The previous turnout election was 58 percent, while the 43.6 percent in 2000 was the lowest since Britain returned the city to Chinese rule in 1997.
Unlike previous polls, anti-Beijing candidates are largely absent, having declined to run, gone into exile or been jailed.
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