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106 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 106 nomination forms today (November 12). This brings to 1 418 the total number of nomination forms received since nominations for the Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections opened on November 8.
 
     The Returning Officer for the Medical subsector today received a notice of withdrawal of candidature from one nominee.
 
      "Nominees are reminded to submit their nomination forms in person to the respective Returning Officers as early as possible. The nomination forms must be received by the Returning Officers before the nomination period closes at 5pm on November 14," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said today.

     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 13 nominees. Five nomination forms have been received since the start of the nomination period, involving a total of 80 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 0 15
Commercial (first) 1 18
Commercial (second) 0 18
Employers' Federation of Hong Kong 0 14
Finance 0 18
Financial services 0 28
Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association 1 16
Hotel 0 18
Import and export 0 18
Industrial (first) 0 17
Industrial (second) 0 17
Insurance 0 23
Real estate and construction 1 18
Textiles and garment 0 18
Tourism 0 19
Transport 1 20
Wholesale and retail 0 19
Second Sector
Subsector No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Accountancy 0 53
Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape 17 78
Chinese medicine 0 51
Education 9 53
Engineering 5 57
Health services 36 88
Higher education 12 58
Information technology 0 55
Legal 0 36
Medical 6 66 (1 candidate withdrawn)
Third Sector (except religious subsector)*
Subsector No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Agriculture and fisheries 0 60
Labour 1 64
Social welfare 15 100
Sports, performing arts, culture and publication
Sports sub-subsector
Performing arts sub-subsector
Culture sub-subsector
Publication sub-subsector
 
 
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1
0
0
 
 
15
21
30
15
Fourth Sector
Subsector No. of nomination forms received today Cumulative total
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference 0 50
Heung Yee Kuk 0 36
Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils 0 57
New Territories District Councils 0 61
Total: 106 1 418 (1 candidate withdrawn)
 
*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 1 (11 nominees in total)
Hong Kong Christian Council 0 1 (33 nominees in total)
The Hong Kong Taoist Association 0 1 (12 nominees in total)
The Confucian Academy 0 1 (11 nominees in total)
The Hong Kong Buddhist Association 1 (13 nominees in total) 1 (13 nominees in total)

     Particulars of the nominees will be uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/ecss2016/eng/nominat2.html).
 
Ends/Saturday, November 12, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:31
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