The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) ( zh, 選舉事務處) is a department under the jurisdiction of the

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(CMAB) of the

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. It is also an administrative support organisation of the

Electoral Affairs Commission The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) is the body, established under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance, that oversees electoral matters in Hong Kong. Its main functions include considering or reviewing the boundaries of Legislativ ...

(EAC), which assists the implementation of the statutory rights under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance. The REO assists members of the public to register as electors, dividing constituencies, and formulating electoral regulations and guidelines for election activities. The elections of

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and District Council are all managed by the office. However, the REO is a logistics department and has no decision-making power on the electoral policy as the decision-making power is vested in the EAC. The REO is headed by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), who is assisted by the Principal Electoral Officers (PEO) and the Chief Systems Manager (CSM). The head office is at the Treasury Building in

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, with several other divisions at the Millennium City in

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon P ...

and

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List of CEOs

* Chief Electoral Officer (Senior Principal Executive Officer, Directorate grade 2) # Dr. Yau Sheung-mui, zh, 邱霜梅 (July 1993 – June 1996) # Ms. Cheung Ying-choi, zh, 張英才 (June 1996 - August 1997) # Mr. Li Wing, zh, 李榮 (August 1997 – 30 December 2004) # Mr. Lam Man-ho, zh, 林文浩 (30 December 2004 – 11 October 2007) # Mrs. Ting Tsui Wai-ming, zh, 丁徐慧明 (11 October 2007 – 17 May 2011) # Mr. Li Pak-hong, zh, 李柏康 (17 May 2011 – 26 September 2016) # Mr. Wong See-man, zh, 黃思文 (26 September 2016 – 24 July 2019) #* Mr. Wang Man-chiu, zh, 黃文超 (''acting'', 24 July 2019 – 2 October 2019) # Mr. Wang Man-chiu, zh, 黃文超 (2 October 2019 – 14 January 2020) # Mr. Yung Ying-fai, zh, 翁應輝 (14 January 2020 – 12 January 2022) # Mr. Wang Man-chiu, zh, 黃文超 (12 January 2022 – )

List of PEOs

* Principal Electoral Officer (Principal Executive Officer, Directorate grade 1) # Mrs. Chan Chan Shui-ye, zh, 陳陳瑞儀 (''temporary'', April 2008 – October 2008) # Mr. Chan Shiu-lun, zh, 陳紹麟 (January 2011 – April 2013) # Ms. Ma Siu-hung, zh, 馬笑虹 (July 2014 – March 2018) # Mr. Wang Man-chiu, zh, 黃文超 (March 2018 – September 2019) # Ms. Lee Fuk-moon, zh, 李復滿 (September 2019 – January 2020) # Mr. Wang Man-chiu, zh, 黃文超 (January 2020 – January 2021) # Ms. Ho Koon-ling, zh, 何觀玲 (January 2021 – November 2021) # Ms. Chan Cheuk-yin, zh, 陳竹燕 (November 2021 – January 2022) # Ms. Chan Shuk-wa, zh, 陳淑華 (January 2022 – ) # Mrs. Chan Wong Kit-ming, zh, 陳黃潔明 (August 2023 – February 2024) # Mr. Lam Fai, zh, 林暉 (March 2024 – )

List of CSMs

* Head of Information Technology Management (Chief Systems Manager, Directorate grade 1) *# Ms. Yung Wai-hing, zh, 翁慧卿 (''temporary'', January 2023 – August 2023) # Ms. Yung Wai-hing, zh, 翁慧卿 (August 2023 – March 2024) # Dr. Lew Shing-fong, zh, 劉成方 (April 2024 – )

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