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    Five nominees submitted their nomination form today (April 12) for the Election Committee (EC) subsector by-elections on May 1. This brought the number of nominations to 15.

    The nomination period began on April 9 and ends on Friday (April 15).

    The breakdown of the number of nominations by each subsector is:

Subsector  [no. of nominations today / accumulative total]

Finance [0/0]

Import and Export [0/1]

Industrial (First) [0/0]

Industrial (Second) [0/0]

Textiles and Garment [0/1]

Accountancy [1/3]

Architectural, Surveying and Planning [0/0]

Chinese Medicine [0/0]

Engineering [3/3]

Higher Education [0/0]

Legal [0/0]

Agriculture and Fisheries [0/2]

Labour [0/0]

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [0/0]

Heung Yee Kuk [1/1]

Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils [0/4]

Total:  [5/15]

    Personal particulars of the nominees, including their name, gender, occupation and political affiliation, are available at www.elections.gov.hk.

    Supplementary nominations for the six vacancies in the Religious Subsector by the religious bodies concerned also started on April 9 and run until April 15. The results of supplementary nominations will be published in the government gazette after the nomination period.

Ends/Tuesday, April 12, 2005

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