Five members of a committee overseeing electoral affairs of the Legislative Assembly (LA) of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) swore in Tuesday.

President of the committee Fong Man Chong and four members, namely Lao Si Io, Jose Chu, Lau Ioc Ip and Ho Wai Heng, swore in front of Macao's Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah and other government officials.
   
The committee members are from the court, the Municipal Affairs Bureau, Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau, the Finance Services Bureau and the Information Bureau, respectively.
   
Fong said that compared with the LA election four years ago, the election of the third LA set for Sept. 25 will see more registered voters. The total number of voters are expected to reach 180,000 when the voter registration stops on May 28.
   
According to the Basic Law, in the third LA election, 12 legislators will be directly elected through the general ballot, 10 legislators are to be indirectly elected by corporate societies and another seven members will be nominated by the chief executive.

(Xinhua News Agency May 5, 2005)