Hong Kongโs Security Bureau, police and customs have joined the governmentโs push to boost voter turnout in the coming Legislative Council election by releasing a series of lighthearted videos featuring top officials getting hair makeovers while using Cantonese puns to urge residents to vote.
These clips play on the shared Cantonese pronunciation for โhairโ and โlawโ, encouraging residents to prioritise voting over styling their hair.
The campaigns feature Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung, Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming and Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat along with their deputies.
The initiatives mark the latest efforts by authorities to encourage residents to vote in the Legco election on December 7, following ministersโ letters to civil servants calling on them to vote and moves by prominent businesses to grant holidays to employees who do so.
In a video released on Tuesday, police chief Chow joked that โthe colour of your hair doesnโt matter; knowing how to vote is whatโs most importantโ.
His message came at the end of a skit in which he had trouble deciding what colour to dye his hair while his three deputies each offered a different suggestion, only to find their superior had left his hair unchanged in the end.