A total of 1,107 nominations for the Election Committee subsector elections have been received when the eight-day nomination period closes today.

On today alone, 253 nominations have been received.

The breakdown of nominations by subsector is:

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

Catering                     2                      20

Commercial(first)            9                      18

Commercial(second)                                  12

Employers' Federation        4                      14
of Hong Kong

Finance                      7                      15

Financial services           5                      25
 
Hong Kong Chinese                                   11
Enterprises Association

Hotel                       26                      30

Import and export            2                      14

Industrial(first)            3                      15

Industrial(second)           1                      12

Insurance                    4                      19

Real estate and              6                      15
construction

Textiles and garment         1                      13

Tourism                      9                      21

Transport                    8                      31

Wholesale and retail        10                      29

Accountancy                  9                      39

Architectural, surveying    14                      36
and planning

Chinese medicine             3                      33

Education                    2                      36

Engineering                  3                      48

Health Services             24                      26

Higher education             3                      27

Information technology       8                      53

Legal                       11                      33

Medical                      2                      49

Agriculture and fisheries    5                      70

Labour                       4                      49

Religious                                           40

Social welfare              13                      50

Sports                       1                      11

Performing arts              5                      13

Culture                     13                      25

Publication                                         11

Chinese People's Political  12                      60
Consultative Conference

Heung Yee Kuk                4                      23

Provisional District        13                      38
Boards for the Districts 
in the Urban Council Area
("Hong Kong and Kowloon
Provisional District Boards")

Provisional District         7                      23
Boards for the Districts 
in the Regional Council Area 
("New Territories Provisional
District Boards")