2027 Rural Ordinary Election Dates Announced: January Polls for Villages and Market Towns

Polling dates of 2027 Rural Ordinary Election gazetted

The 2027 Rural Ordinary Election will be held in January next year. The Government gazetted today (November 13) the respective polling dates for Villages and Market Towns (Cheung Chau and Peng Chau).

The Village Representative (including Indigenous Inhabitant Representative and Resident Representative) Election will be conducted on January 17, 2027 (Sunday), while the Kaifong Representative Election for Market Towns will be held on January 24, 2027 (Sunday).

The nomination period will be from November 24 to December 7, 2026.

A polling notice, specifying the polling date and time and address of the polling station, will be issued to each and every eligible elector at least 10 days before the polling day for the respective Village/Market Town.

A government spokesman appealed to all eligible persons to participate in the election.

The Rural Ordinary Election is held in accordance with the arrangements stipulated under the Rural Representative Election Ordinance (Cap. 576). At present, there are 709 villages with a total of 1484 Village Representative seats, including 695 Resident Representative seats and 789 Indigenous Inhabitant Representative seats. In addition, there are 39 and 17 Kaifong Representative seats for the Market Towns of Cheung Chau and Peng Chau respectively.

For enquiries, please call 2152 1521 or contact the respective New Territories District Office. The public can also visit the Rural Representative Election website (www.had.gov.hk/rre).

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Wounding case in Central reclassified as murder

Police today (November 12) reclassified a wounding case in Central on November 7 as murder.

At 8.58pm on November 7, Police received a report that a man collapsed outside Connaught Place. Police officers sped to the scene and found a 41-year-old foreign man lying on the ground. Sustaining head injuries, he was rushed to Queen Mary Hospital in unconscious state. Initial investigation revealed that the man was suspectedly assaulted with fists and feet. The assailants then fled away.

Police arrested two foreign men, aged 44 and 52, for wounding in Kowloon City and Wan Chai respectively on November 8.

The two arrested men have been laid a holding charge with one count of "wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm ". The case was mentioned at Eastern Magistrates' Courts on November 10, and the two arrested men are remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services Department.

The injured man was certified dead this afternoon. Upon further investigation, Police reclassified the case as murder.

Post-mortem examinations will be conducted later to ascertain the cause of death of the deceased.

Active investigation by the District Crime Squad of Central District is underway.

Anyone who witnessed the case or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3660 1218.

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