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  Five nominees handed in their nominations for the Election Committee (EC) subsector by-elections on May 1 on the first day of nominations today (April 9). The nomination period will run until Friday (April 15).

  The breakdown of the number of nominations by each subsector is:

Subsector  [no. of nominations today / accumulative total]

Finance [0/0]

Import and Export [1/1]

Industrial (First) [0/0]

Industrial (Second) [0/0]

Textiles and Garment [1/1]

Accountancy [2/2]

Architectural, Surveying and Planning [0/0]

Chinese Medicine [0/0]

Engineering [0/0]

Higher Education [0/0]

Legal [0/0]

Agriculture and Fisheries [0/0]

Labour [0/0]

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [0/0]

Heung Yee Kuk [0/0]

Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils [1/1]

Total:  [5/5]

  Personal particulars of the nominees, including their name, gender, occupation and political affiliation, are available at www.elections.gov.hk.

  Supplementary nominations for the vacancies in the Religious Subsector by the religious bodies concerned are also running concurrently between April 9 and 15. The results of supplementary nominations will be published in the government gazette after the nomination period.

Ends/Saturday, April 9, 2005

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