Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong insisted yesterday that his committee has no intention of forcing candidates running in the upcoming legislative elections to keep silent before the official election campaign period starts next month.
Tong said candidates were free to talk about “social affairs” in public in the run-up to the campaign.
The direct and indirect legislative election will take place on September 17 while the official campaign period runs from September 2-15. No electioneering will be allowed on September 16, the so-called cooling-off day.
Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) President Tong Hio Fong (front) briefs reporters after a regular meeting of the government-appointed committee, as fellow committee members Victor Chan Chi Ping (first from left), Eddie Kou Peng Kuan (second from left), Lai U Hou (third from left), Jose Fonseca Tavares (second from right) and Iong Kong Leong look on, at the Public Administration Building yesterday. Photo: Debby Seng
