8 of 10 new polling stations for Hong Kong civil servants in police facilities

Eight out of 10 newly introduced designated polling stations for civil servants in the coming Hong Kong Legislative Council election will be set up inside police facilities.

A list of four new types of designated polling stations was gazetted on Wednesday, with ten such stations set up specifically for civil servants.

Of these, eight will be located in police stations or facilities, including the police headquarters in Wan Chai, the auxiliary police headquarters in Kowloon Bay, and the Police Sports and Recreation Club in Mong Kok.

The remaining two will be at Shek Pik Prison and Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institution.

The Police Force and the Correctional Services Department together have over 37,000 officers, making up about 20 per cent of all civil servants.

None of the polling stations are located at government office buildings or Fire Services Department facilities, the second-largest department in terms of the number of employees.