A total of 158 nominations for the Election Committee subsector elections have been received today.

This brings to 376 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                                           10

Commercial(second)              5                   9

Financial services              1                   1

Hong Kong Chinese               7                  10
Enterprises Association

Import and export               3                   7 

Industrial (first)                                  1

Industrial (second)                                 3

Insurance                       2                   4 

Real estate and                 1                   2
construction

Tourism                         1                   1 

Transport                       1                  10 

Wholesale and retail                                1

Accountancy                     8                  15

Chinese medicine                2                   8  

Education                      13                  24

Engineering                     9                  35 

Higher education                4                  15 

Information technology         22                  39 

Legal                           5                   6 

Medical                        15                  26  

Agriculture and fisheries      13                  34

Labour                         11                  32

Religious                      13                  20 

Social welfare                  4                   4 

Sports                                             10

Culture                         1                  10

Publication                                         1

Chinese People's Political     10                  23 
Consultative Conference

Provisional District            3                   9
Boards for the Districts 
in the Urban Council Area
("Hong Kong and Kowloon
Provisional District Boards")

Provisional District            4                   6
Boards for the Districts 
in the Regional Council Area 
("New Territories Provisional
District Boards")