Polls for the District Council elections opened at 8.30am on Sunday.

More than 30,000 civil servants have been deployed across the 600 polling stations for the elections to ensure the polls are conducted in a fair, orderly and efficient manner.

Chief Executive, John Lee, cast his vote in the morning at Raimondi College. He spoke to reporters after casting his vote.

"During the voting process, we felt it was fast, and smooth, I also saw other residents voting at the polling station and our polling station colleagues were also very professional and passionate."