A total of 249 nominations for the Election Committee subsector elections have been received today.

This brings to 859 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                     1                    19

Commercial(first)            6                     9

Commercial(second)           2                    12

Employers' Federation       10                    10
of Hong Kong

Finance                      6                     9

Financial services           9                    21

Hong Kong Chinese            1                    11
Enterprises Association

Hotel                        3                     4

Import and export            2                    12

Industrial(first)            1                    12

Industrial(second)           3                    11

Insurance                    6                    15

Real estate and              5                     9  
construction

Textiles and garment                              12

Tourism                      5                    12

Transport                   10                    24

Wholesale and retail        14                    19

Accountancy                  4                    30

Architectural, surveying    10                    22
and planning

Chinese medicine            13                    30

Education                    7                    34

Engineering                  6                    45

Health Services              2                     2
 
Higher education             6                    24

Information technology       6                    46

Legal                        9                    22

Medical                     11                    47

Agriculture and fisheries    8                    65

Labour                       4                    45

Religious                   20                    40

Social welfare              20                    37

Sports                                            10

Performing arts              8                     8

Culture                      1                    12

Publication                                       11

Chinese People's Political   9                   48
Consultative Conference

Heung Yee Kuk               16                    19

Provisional District         2                    25
Boards for the Districts 
in the Urban Council Area
("Hong Kong and Kowloon
Provisional District Boards")

Provisional District         3                    16  
Boards for the Districts 
in the Regional Council Area 
("New Territories Provisional
District Boards")

One candidate from the Accountancy Subsector and one from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Subsector have withdrawn their nominations.