A total of 118 nominations for the Election Committee subsector elections have been received today.

This brings to 218 the total number of nominations received since the eight-day nomination period started on Friday (March 13).

The breakdown of nominations by subsector is:

Subsector          Number of nominations   Cumulated total 
---------             received today       ---------------
                   ---------------------

Catering                     9                     10

Commercial(second)           3                      4

Hong Kong Chinese            3                      3
Enterprises Association                           

Import and export            3                      4

Industrial(first)            1                      1

Industrial(second)           3                      3

Insurance                                           2

Real estate and                                     1
construction                                         

Transport                    9                      9

Wholesale and retail                                1

Accountancy                  3                      7

Chinese medicine             2                      6

Education                    2                     11

Engineering                  9                     26

Higher education             5                     11

Information technology       1                     17

Legal                                               1

Medical                      8                     11

Agriculture and fisheries   16                     21

Labour                      16                     21

Religious                                           7

Sports                      10                     10  

Culture                      8                      9

Publication                                         1

Chinese People's Political   6                     13 
Consultative Conference           

Provisional District         1                      6 
Boards for the Districts       
in the Urban Council Area
("Hong Kong and Kowloon
Provisional District Boards")      

Provisional District                                2 
Boards for the Districts 
in the Regional Council Area 
("New Territories Provisional
District Boards")