Hong Kong’s Security Bureau, police and customs have joined the government’s push to boost voter turnout in the coming Legislative Council election by releasing a series of lighthearted videos featuring top officials getting hair makeovers while using Cantonese puns to urge residents to vote.
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These clips play on the shared Cantonese pronunciation for “hair” and “law”, encouraging residents to prioritise voting over styling their hair.
The campaigns feature Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung, Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming and Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat along with their deputies.
The initiatives mark the latest efforts by authorities to encourage residents to vote in the Legco election on December 7, following ministers’ letters to civil servants calling on them to vote and moves by prominent businesses to grant holidays to employees who do so.
In a video released on Tuesday, police chief Chow joked that “the colour of your hair doesn’t matter; knowing how to vote is what’s most important”.
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His message came at the end of a skit in which he had trouble deciding what colour to dye his hair while his three deputies each offered a different suggestion, only to find their superior had left his hair unchanged in the end.