Voter Turnout for 2025 Legislative Council Election Reaches 29.06% by 8:30 PM on December 7

Legislative Council General Election voter turnout (2030)

The voter turnout figures for the 2025 Legislative Council General Election as at 8.30pm today (December 7) are as follows:

Geographical constituencies

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Electorate

Cumulative voter

turnout

Cumulative turnout rate (%)

Hong Kong Island East

379,926

110,780

29.16%

Hong Kong Island West

342,123

97,558

28.52%

Kowloon East

441,663

130,918

29.64%

Kowloon West

345,661

97,852

28.31%

Kowloon Central

421,235

122,510

29.08%

New Territories South East

439,546

129,963

29.57%

New Territories North

408,660

117,457

28.74%

New Territories North West

436,087

129,861

29.78%

New Territories South West

471,045

140,960

29.92%

New Territories North East

445,352

122,631

27.54%

Total

4,131,298

1,200,490

29.06%

Functional constituencies

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Electorate

Cumulative voter

turnout

Cumulative turnout rate (%)

Heung Yee Kuk

155

142

91.61%

Agriculture and fisheries

172

165

95.93%

Insurance

111

88

79.28%

Transport

217

185

85.25%

Education

74,618

24,183

32.41%

Legal

6,328

2,146

33.91%

Accountancy

23,937

7,449

31.12%

Medical and health services

49,316

15,455

31.34%

Engineering

9,699

5,297

54.61%

Architectural, surveying,

planning and landscape

8,212

4,072

49.59%

Labour

881

772

87.63%

Social welfare

11,217

4,609

41.09%

Real estate and construction

557

440

78.99%

Tourism

173

152

87.86%

Commercial (first)

903

651

72.09%

Commercial (second)

323

223

69.04%

Commercial (third)

307

307

100.00%

Industrial (first)

345

225

65.22%

Industrial (second)

474

285

60.13%

Finance

91

66

72.53%

Financial services

562

362

64.41%

Sports, performing arts,

culture and publication

255

222

87.06%

Import and export

311

238

76.53%

Textiles and garment

322

220

68.32%

Wholesale and retail

1,673

909

54.33%

Technology and innovation

71

71

100.00%

Catering

129

119

92.25%

Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region

deputies to the National

People's Congress, Hong

Kong Special

Administrative Region

members of the National

Committee of the Chinese

People's Political

Consultative Conference

and representatives of

relevant national

organisations

557

534

95.87%

Total

191,916

69,587

36.26%

Election Committee constituency

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Electorate

Cumulative voter turnout

Cumulative turnout rate (%)

1,466

1,448

98.77%

The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.

Source: AI-found images

Two property owners fined over $400,000 in total for not complying with removal orders

Two owners were convicted and fined $401,600 in total at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts yesterday (March 11) for failing to comply with removal orders issued under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) (Cap. 123).

The Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts, the Kowloon City Law Courts Building

The two cases involved four unauthorised structures with a total area of about 1 140 square metres on the roof of an industrial building on Sze Mei Street, Wong Tai Sin. As the unauthorised building works (UBWs) were carried out without prior approval and consent from the Buildings Department (BD), removal orders were served on the two owners respectively under section 24(1) of the BO.

The Buildings Department (BD), Photo source: reference image

Failure to comply with the removal orders, the two owners were prosecuted by the BD four times and were fined a cumulative total of $417,845 and $432,545 respectively upon convictions by the court. As they persisted in not complying with the removal orders, they were prosecuted for the fifth time and each was fined $200,800, of which $70,800 was the fine for the number of days that the offence continued, upon convictions at the court.

A spokesman for the BD said today (March 12), "UBWs may lead to serious consequences. Owners must comply with removal orders without delay. The BD will continue to take enforcement action against owners who fail to comply with removal orders, including instigation of prosecution, to ensure building and public safety."

Failure to comply with a removal order without reasonable excuse is a serious offence under the BO. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $200,000 and one year's imprisonment, and a further fine of up to $20,000 for each day that the offence continues.