Hong Kong s first district council poll after an electoral overhaul ordered by Beijing has yielded a turnout of 27.54 percent, a record low since the return to Chinese rule in 1997, despite officials, tycoons and political leaders mounting an unrelenting drive to get out the vote and a sudden extension of polling hours.
Latest estimate of HK$24.7 billion is 9.7 per cent down on the initial HK$27.4 billion forecast when government proposed ‘light public housing’ scheme last December.
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