DDHK News, Hong Kong - Hong Kong authorities gave the green light to PPLN (Overseas Voting Committee) to set up a Polling Station (TPS) in Victoria Park, a public park. In this park, it is a favorite place for Indonesian workers to spend their weekends.
"Most of the TPS abroad are at the Indonesian Embassy and the Indonesian Consul General. In Hong Kong, the local government has given the green light to use Victoria Park as a TPS. There will be 14 polling stations established there, "said the KPU commissioner, Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah, in Jakarta, Saturday (8/3/2014).
According to Ferry, if a TPS was established in the Hong Kong representative office, the place would be insufficient because it was small. PPLN has welcomed the placement of TPS in Victoria Park with the hope that Indonesian citizens working in Hong Kong will have high participation in casting their voting rights on March 30.
According to Ferry, there were 102.265 voters registered in the Overseas Permanent Voter List for Hong Kong. The characteristics of voters in Hong Kong, apart from giving their voting rights by coming directly to the polling stations, some also send them by post.
"We predict the obstacles later if someone chooses to move from outside to Hong Kong. Our concern is about the availability of ballots. Likewise, there is a concern that there are voters who will move from Hong Kong and return to the country, "continued the former Chairman of the West Java KPU.
The KPU sees that there are three countries that will receive serious attention in the upcoming elections because there are many Indonesian citizens there. The three regions are spread across East Asia, such as China, Japan and Hong Kong, then Malaysia, and finally Saudi Arabia. Currently, ballot and other logistics are predicted to arrive March 16.
"For logistics Kuala Lumpur, we plan to depart from Indonesia on March 9 and 10, and arrive there on March 12. While logistics for Hong Kong, new logistics arrived March 14. The characteristics of voters in Hong Kong through TPS and post are relatively the same, ”he said again. (tribunnews.com). *
