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")