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    Polls will be held on May 1 for by-elections in the nine subsectors of the Election Committee (EC) in which the number of candidates exceeds the number of vacancies. The by-elections are held to fill existing vacancies in the EC, which will elect a new Chief Executive on July 10.

    The order of the names of candidates on the ballot papers for each contested subsector was determined by drawing lots today (April 17) and reads as follows:

Textiles and Garment Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate No: 1     Name: Lam Tai Fai

Candidate No: 2     Name: Chung Kwok Pan

Accountancy Subsector (2 vacancies)

Candidate No: 1     Name: Lo Lai Yee Dora (Lee Lo Lai Yee Dora)

Candidate No: 2     Name: Chiu Lai Kuen Susanna (Susanna Chiu)

Candidate No: 3     Name: Leung Kai Cheong Kenneth

Candidate No: 4     Name: Au Siu Kee Alexander

Candidate No: 5     Name: Leung Wing On Louis

Candidate No: 6     Name: Lam Sin Lai Judy (Judy Tsui)

Candidate No: 7     Name: Liu Mei Ling Rhoda

Candidate No: 8     Name: Ng Kwok Wai (Eric)

Candidate No: 9     Name: Fung Ying Wai Wilson

Candidate No: 10    Name: Li Ka Cheung Eric

Candidate No: 11    Name: Choy Chak Wa Peter

Candidate No: 12    Name: Choi Sau Yuk (S.Y. Choi)

Architectural, Surveying and Planning Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate No: 1       Name: Cheung Tat Tong

Candidate No: 2       Name: Liao Yi Kang Philip

Candidate No: 3       Name: Ng Wing Fai Stanley

Chinese Medicine Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate No: 1       Name: Feng Jiu

Candidate No: 2       Name: Tsang Chiu Hing

Engineering Subsector (2 vacancies)

Candidate No: 1       Name: Lau Chi Wang (James)

Candidate No: 2       Name: Lee Ping Kuen

Candidate No: 3       Name: Lam Kin Chung

Candidate No: 4       Name: Yim Kin Ping

Higher Education Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate No: 1       Name: Chan King Ming

Candidate No: 2       Name: Iu Pui To

Legal Subsector (2 vacancies)

Candidate No: 1       Name: Cheung Tat Ming Eric

Candidate No: 2       Name: Shieh Wing Tai Paul

Candidate No: 3       Name: Cheng Mo Chi (Moses Mo Chi Cheng)

Candidate No: 4       Name: Chong Wing Charn Francis

Agriculture and Fisheries Subsector (2 vacancies)

Candidate No: 1       Name: Tang Nuen Fun

Candidate No: 2       Name: Wong Yuen Tai

Candidate No: 3       Name: Chan Kin Yip

Candidate No: 4       Name: Cheung Chee Chuen

Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils Subsector (3 vacancies)

Candidate No: 1       Name: Tsang Heung Kwan

Candidate No: 2       Name: Lai Chi Keong Joseph

Candidate No: 3       Name: Chiang Sai Cheong

Candidate No: 4       Name: Chan Ka Wai

Candidate No: 5       Name: Wong Kwok Keung

Candidate No: 6       Name: Chan Chung Bun Bunny

Candidate No: 7       Name: Tam Kwok Kiu

   Since the number of candidates does not exceed the number of vacancies in the following subsectors, polls are not required:

Finance Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate: Lo Chung Hing

Import and Export Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate: Chan Fung Ping

Industrial (First) Subsector (2 vacancies)

Candidates: Ting Woo Shou Kenneth, Chan Chung Tung

Industrial (Second) Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate: Chan Wing Kee

Labour Subsector (1 vacancy)

Candidate: Yu Kam Keung

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2 vacancies)

Candidates: Wong Kong Hon, Kwok Ping Sheung Walter

Heung Yee Kuk Subsector (4 vacancies)

Candidates: Sit Ho Yin Kingsley, Tang Kam Leung, Mok Kam Kwai, Cheung Fo Tai

  The results of supplementary nominations for the six vacancies in the Religious Subsector will be published in the Government Gazette on April 20.

Ends/Sunday, April 17, 2005

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