Filipino voters in HK start casting presidential ballots

Filipino workers line up outside a polling station in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on April 10, 2022 for the Philippine presidential elections. - CHINA DAILY

HONG KONG (China Daily/Asia News Network): Around 3,000 Filipino voters swamped a polling station at the Bayanihan Center in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong on Sunday (April 10), the first day of the month-long overseas absentee voting for the 2022 Philippine presidential elections.

The voting period for this year’s Philippine national elections officially started Sunday, with nearly 1.7 million Filipinos living overseas casting their votes for the country’s next president.