CE Says She Wants Answers Over Vote Count Delay

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says there were "serious problems" with the vote counting for Sunday's Election Committee polls and officials must find out what went wrong to avoid a repeat of the issue.

Fewer than 4,400 ballots were cast, but it took more than 14 hours for the results to come back – eight hours longer than planned.

"We have to find out and resolve the problems, whether they were technical, manpower issues or a lack of training that caused officials to be unfamiliar with the procedures. We must find out," Lam said on Tuesday before her weekly Executive Council meeting.

"These two days I have been very concerned why the problems arose and how to avoid them coming up again."

Lam said she would ask the Electoral Affairs Commission and officials from the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau to find out what went wrong.