The Hong Kong Government revealed that the re -election budget of the Legislative Council held in Hong Kong in 2025 was 379 million yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about 66 million yuan).
According to the special meeting of the fiscal budget issued by the Hong Kong Political Affairs and Mainland Affairs Bureau website on Wednesday (April 16), the revised budget for preparations for preparations and regional council elections last year was about 122 million yuanIt is expected that the budget election will spend more than 500 million yuan next year, of which 380 million yuan will be used to prepare for the 2025 Legislative Council election, and 57 million yuan will be used for voter registration.
There were no elections from 2024 to 2025, but the Election Affairs Office increased 16 positions.The Election Affairs Office plans to open 22 new civil servants' positions, and deletes six positions at the same time, mainly for the preparation of the two elections of the 2025 election election for the 2025 election committee.
The Political Affairs and Mainland Affairs Bureau said that the preparation of the district council election in 2023 was launched from 2022 to 2023. The actual expenditure of the year was 170 million yuan, and the Election Affairs Office was prepared for related elections last year and next year.The revised budgets and allocation were 992 million yuan and 58 million, respectively.In last year's expenditure, employee spending accounted for 235 million yuan, and the publicity costs were 122 million yuan. The remaining expenses include rental venues and ticket stations.
