A total of 235 nominations for the Election Committee subsector elections have been received today.

This brings to 611 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                     8                        18

Commercial(first)            3                         3

Commercial(second)           1                        10

Finance                      3                         3

Financial services          11                        12

Hong Kong Chinese                                     10
Enterprises Association

Hotel                        1                         1

Import and export            3                        10

Industrial(first)           10                        11

Industrial(second)           5                         8

Insurance                    5                         9

Real estate and              2                         4
construction

Textiles and garment        12                        12
 
Tourism                      6                         7

Transport                    4                        14

Wholesale and retail         4                         5

Accountancy                 11                        26

Architectural, surveying    12                        12
and planning

Chinese medicine             9                        17

Education                    3                        27

Engineering                  4                        39

Higher education             3                        18

Information technology       1                        40

Legal                        7                        13

Medical                     10                        36

Agriculture and fisheries   23                        57

Labour                       9                        41

Religious                                             20

Social welfare              13                        17

Sports                                                10

Culture                      1                        11

Publication                 10                        11

Chinese People's Political  17                        40
Consultative Conference

Heung Yee Kuk                3                         3

Provisional District        14                        23
Boards for the Districts 
in the Urban Council Area
("Hong Kong and Kowloon
Provisional District Boards")

Provisional District         7                        13
Boards for the Districts 
in the Regional Council Area 
("New Territories Provisional
District Boards")