Remarks by SCMA at media session (with photo/video)
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The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, together with the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Erick Tsang Kwok-wai, satisfied the media on the decision outcomes of the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee on the 2025 Legislative Council General Election this afternoon (November 10). Following are the remarks by Mr Tsang at the media session:
Press reporter: We wish to inquire about the plan for election online forums. In the previous elections, the federal government has actually not defined the structures and plans of each online forum. Why would the federal government have such a plan this time, and why do you ditch the plan for the prospects to questioning each other? Thank you.
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs: We have actually worried as soon as and once again that the federal government connects fantastic significance to the effective conduct of the LegCo election. For this time, we wish to arrange and carry out the election online forum so regarding let our people and our citizens to have a much better understanding of the election platforms and likewise the beliefs of prospects, so that they can think about how to make that option in ballot.
This time, in terms of the scale, in terms of the organisation, that we relied on the federal government to arrange such an election online forum would be much better. We chose to make the plan to arrange the election online forum this time. Thank you.
(Please likewise describe the Chinese part of the remarks.)