Deadly Tai Po blaze affected Hong Kong Legco election voter turnout, minister says

Voter turnout in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election was affected by the city’s deadliest fire in decades, recording the second-lowest rate since the 1997 handover despite a modest rise from the previous poll, the constitutional affairs chief has said. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai stressed on Sunday that the government had not set a “hard indicator” for the turnout rate in the 2025 Legco poll, which reached 31.9 per cent. “I believe the fire had an...