Overview
- Voting is scheduled for Sunday, Dec 7, as authorities keep the Legislative Council election on the calendar during a period of public mourning.
- The city’s deadliest blaze in decades has claimed 159 lives, and officials said substandard renovation materials at the Tai Po estate helped fuel the fire.
- Campaigning has been subdued, voter rolls have fallen to 4.13 million from 4.47 million in 2021, and the last LegCo election drew a record‑low 30.2 percent turnout.
- Hong Kong’s national security office called on residents to vote to back post‑disaster reconstruction, framing participation as a civic duty.
- The anti‑corruption watchdog said four people were arrested on Dec 4 for inciting others not to vote, on top of three similar arrests on Nov 20 after boycotts were criminalised in 2021.