(2 May 2025)
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Hong Kong – 2 May 2025
1. Wide exterior of the Overseas Voting Center of the Australian Consulate in Hong Kong
2. Mid of voters getting through security check
3. Wide pan of exterior of the Overseas Voting Center of the Australian Consulate in Hong Kong
4. Close of poster from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in both English and Chinese on the wall outside the voting center
5. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Sally Shum, Australian citizen after voting:
“For old people like me, of course, I hope the future government will look after us, provide welfares to us.”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Lam, Australian citizen after voting:
“No matter overseas or inside Australia, I think maybe the future government will focus on economy and our environmental policies to protect, to make our country better.”
7. Mid of voter taking a photo showing the opening schedule of the voting center in the lobby where the Australian Consulate is located
8. Close of schedule of the voting center
9. Wide of tlobby where the Australian Consulate is located
STORYLINE:
Australian citizens in Hong Kong came to the Australian Consulate-General to cast their votes on Friday morning.
The Hong Kong Australian Consulate-General’s Overseas Voting Center is open from April 28 until May 3 – the election day.
Sally Shum lives in Melbourne but is traveling to Hong Kong to visit her family. She hopes the future government would look after elderly people like her, who is in her 80s.
Kevin Lam is an Australian citizen based in neighboring Macao. He travelled to Hong Kong to vote Friday morning. He said he thinks it is important for the future government to focus on the economy.
According to the Australian government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, Hong Kong is home to one of the largest Australian communities abroad. Around 100,000 Australians reside in Hong Kong.
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