Round 3 of “Love Ideas, Love HK” logged a record high of 2,750,000 votes casted by 630,000 registered voters in support of 337 projects that care for the local community and issues that affect their lives.

Round 3 in Numbers:

Table 1: Statistics of elected projects and grant amount

Total number of votes returned and total of registered voters increased 1.5 times and 1.7 times than Round 2 respectively.? In view of this enthusiastic public support, Round 3’s grants apportionment will be increased to 30 per cent, bringing the grants total to over HK$47 million.

The 311 projects voted in by the public covers a wide spectrum of services and local communities like elderly care, child education, benefits for the disabled, as well as local cultural preservation.

Voting statistics

Embracing the mobile communications and social media trend, Round 3 opened up multiple channels for the public to vote.? According to ESD Life, a member of the Hutchison Whampoa Limited, more than 630,000 registered voters cast over 2,750,000 votes, reflecting their support and recognition towards to the campaign and the projects.? Powered by the experience from the past two rounds, the voting system managed to reflect the real time voting development amid massive votes coming in from online, phones, Facebook and mobile devices.

Table 2: Voting statistics

A full list of the elected projects is available at www.loveideas.hk.