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275 more nomination forms for Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections received today
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     The Returning Officers (except religious subsector) for the 2016 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections received a total of 275 nomination forms today (November 9). This brings to 807 the total number of nomination forms received since nominations for the Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections opened yesterday (November 8). The nomination period will end on November 14.
 
     For each subsector/sub-subsector, a poll will be held on December 11 if there is contested election for that subsector/sub-subsector.

     One designated body of the religious subsector handed in a nomination form today, involving a total of 33 nominees. Nominations for this subsector are returned by six designated bodies.

     The breakdown of nominations by subsectors is set out below: 
 
First Sector
Subsector No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Catering 1 1
Commercial (first) 2 4
Commercial (second) 0 17
Employers' Federation of Hong Kong 8 8
Finance 3 14
Financial services 5 6
Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association 0 0
Hotel 5 13
Import and export 18 18
Industrial (first) 14 14
Industrial (second) 2 15
Insurance 4 7
Real estate and construction 5 10
Textiles and garment 1 18
Tourism 16 16
Transport 3 13
Wholesale and retail 1 18
Second Sector
Subsector No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Accountancy 19 28
Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape 20 43
Chinese medicine 9 40
Education 8 16
Engineering 6 39
Health services 13 28
Higher education 2 10
Information technology 1 27
Legal 2 32
Medical 24 38
Third Sector (except religious subsector)*
Subsector No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Agriculture and fisheries 0 0
Labour 23 43
Social welfare 24 60
Sports, performing arts, culture and publication
Sports sub-subsector
Performing arts sub-subsector
Culture sub-subsector
Publication sub-subsector
 
 
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0
0
0
 
 
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26
15
Fourth Sector
Subsector No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference 0 50
Heung Yee Kuk 3 35
Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils 7 8
New Territories District Councils 26 51
Total: 275 807
 
*Religious subsector
Number of nominations received
 
Designated body No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong 0 0
Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association 0 0
Hong Kong Christian Council 1 (33 nominees in total) 1 (33 nominees in total)
The Hong Kong Taoist Association 0 0
The Confucian Academy 0 0
The Hong Kong Buddhist Association 0 0
 
     Particulars of the nominees will be uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/ecss2016/eng/nominat2.html).
 
Ends/Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Issued at HKT 21:11
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