Composition (60 seats)
- 30 members to be returned from Geographical Constituencies
- 30 members to be returned from Functional Constituencies

Voting system: List system of proportional representation

Voting systems: 'First past the post' voting system applies to all functional constituencies, except for the four special functional constituencies (marked with * ) where the 'preferential elimination system of voting' is adopted.

Number of electors
Geographical Constituencies: 3,372,007
Functional Constituencies: 229,861
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Where to vote?

• Each elector and authorized representative will be assigned to a designated polling station near his/her residential address registered in the Final Register of Electors.

• A poll card showing information about the designated polling station of an individual elector or authorized representative will be issued to him/her before the polling day.

• Elector or authorized representative with a disability may apply to the Registration and Electoral Office to vote at the designated special polling station in writing or by telephone not later than 2 September 2008.

How to vote?

• Bring your Hong Kong Identity Card ("HKID card") to your designated polling station on 7 September 2008 (Sunday) during the polling hours (7:30 am to 10:30 pm).

• Present your HKID card to the polling staff inside the polling station who will verify your personal particulars against the Final Register of Electors.

• You will be given 1, 2 or 3 different ballot papers, depending on your entitlement, and a paper board together with a chop bearing a "". A black pen will also be given to an elector or authorized representative of the four special Functional Constituencies.

• You should mark your ballot paper(s) inside a voting compartment.  Please follow the instructions given by polling staff and printed on the ballot paper(s) and on the notices inside the voting compartment.  For example, as a Geographical Constituency and a Functional Constituency (except the four special Functional Constituencies) elector, you should only use a chop provided by polling staff to mark a "" in the circle of the list of candidates or opposite the name of candidate of your choice.

• If you have made any mistake in marking the ballot paper, please return it to the Presiding Officer and ask for a replacement.

• For a Geographical Constituency ballot paper, please fold it once to conceal the "" mark before putting it into the blue ballot box. For a Functional Constituency ballot paper, please turn it face down instead of folding it and insert it into the red ballot box.

Checklist for Electors

• Do NOT solicit or accept any advantage (including gift, money, etc.) for influencing one's voting decision.

• Do NOT solicit or accept any meal, drink or other entertainment for influencing one's voting decision.

• Do NOT communicate with other electors or use mobile telephones or any other device for electronic communication within a polling station.

• Do NOT film, take photographs or make any audio or video recording within a polling station.

• Do NOT ask other electors to mark your ballot paper – in case of need, you may request the Presiding Officer to mark your ballot paper in the presence of a polling officer.

• Do NOT interfere with other electors who are recording their votes.

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