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Hong Kong's Efforts to Increase Legislative Council Election Voter Turnout
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xiāng gǎng香港zhèng fǔ政府wèi le为了rànggèngduōréncān jiā参加lì fǎ huì立法会xuǎn jǔ选举zuòlehěnduōshì qíng事情

The Hong Kong government has done many things to encourage more people to participate in the Legislative Council election.

jīn nián今年yǒu161mínghòu xuǎn rén候选人cān jiā参加xuǎn jǔ选举tā men他们huìzhēng duó争夺bù tóng不同deyì xí议席

This year, 161 candidates are running in the election, competing for different seats.

guò qù过去jǐ nián几年xiāng gǎng香港detóu piào lǜ投票率yì zhí一直zàixià jiàng下降

In recent years, voter turnout in Hong Kong has been declining.

2016niányǒu58%deréntóu piào投票2019niányǒu71%dàn2021niánzhǐ yǒu只有30%2023niángèng

In 2016, 58% of people voted; in 2019, it was 71%; but in 2021, only 30%, and it was even lower in 2023.

wèi le为了rànggèngduōréntóu piào投票zhèng fǔ政府zuòlehěnduōxuān chuán宣传bǐ rú比如yòngyǒu qù有趣deshì pín视频háiqǐnggōng sī公司gěiyuán gōng员工bàn tiān半天jiǎtóu piào投票

To encourage more people to vote, the government has done a lot of promotion, such as using interesting videos and asking companies to give employees half a day off to vote.

xuǎn jǔ选举qián yī tiān前一天zhèng fǔ政府háihuìjǔ bàn举办miǎn fèi免费deyǎn chàng huì演唱会xī wàng希望xī yǐn吸引dà jiā大家tóu piào投票

The day before the election, the government also holds free concerts, hoping to attract people to vote.

jǐng chá警察zhuāleyī xiē一些zàiwǎng shàng网上jiàobié rén别人tóu piào投票derén

The police have also arrested some people who encouraged others online not to vote.

hěnduōrénjué de觉得rú guǒ如果tóu piào lǜ投票率gāozhèng fǔ政府huìhěngān gà尴尬yīn wèi因为tā men他们huālehěnduōlì qì力气

Many people feel that if voter turnout is low, the government will be embarrassed because they have put in a lot of effort.

ào mén澳门jīn nián今年dexuǎn jǔ选举tóu piào lǜ投票率yǒu53%xiāng gǎng香港gāo

Macau's voter turnout this year was 53%, higher than Hong Kong's.

xiāng gǎng香港guān yuán官员háiào mén澳门xué xí学习zěn me怎么rànggèngduōréntóu piào投票

Hong Kong officials also went to Macau to learn how to get more people to vote.

dà jiā大家dōuzàiguān zhù关注zhèxuǎn jǔ选举dejié guǒ结果

Everyone is paying attention to the results of this election.

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