239 more nomination forms for Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections received today
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For each subsector/sub-subsector, a poll will be held on December 11 if there is contested election for that subsector/sub-subsector.
Two designated bodies of the religious subsector handed in nomination forms today, involving a total of 23 nominees. Three nomination forms have been received since the start of the nomination period, involving a total of 56 nominees. Nominations for this subsector are returned by six designated bodies.
The breakdown of nominations by subsectors is set out below:
| First Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Catering | 2 | 3 |
| Commercial (first) | 7 | 11 |
| Commercial (second) | 0 | 17 |
| Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong | 5 | 13 |
| Finance | 2 | 16 |
| Financial services | 7 | 13 |
| Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association | 15 | 15 |
| Hotel | 2 | 15 |
| Import and export | 0 | 18 |
| Industrial (first) | 1 | 15 |
| Industrial (second) | 0 | 15 |
| Insurance | 9 | 16 |
| Real estate and construction | 5 | 15 |
| Textiles and garment | 0 | 18 |
| Tourism | 3 | 19 |
| Transport | 4 | 17 |
| Wholesale and retail | 0 | 18 |
| Second Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Accountancy | 21 | 49 |
| Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape | 10 | 53 |
| Chinese medicine | 9 | 49 |
| Education | 23 | 39 |
| Engineering | 6 | 45 |
| Health services | 8 | 36 |
| Higher education | 21 | 31 |
| Information technology | 4 | 31 |
| Legal | 0 | 32 |
| Medical | 7 | 45 |
| Third Sector (except religious subsector)* | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Agriculture and fisheries | 0 | 0 |
| Labour | 14 | 57 |
| Social welfare | 11 | 71 |
| Sports, performing arts, culture and publication Sports sub-subsector Performing arts sub-subsector Culture sub-subsector Publication sub-subsector |
0 1 3 0 |
15 12 29 15 |
| Fourth Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference | 0 | 50 |
| Heung Yee Kuk | 0 | 35 |
| Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils | 31 | 39 |
| New Territories District Councils | 8 | 59 |
| Total: | 239 | 1046 |
*Religious subsector
Number of nominations received
| Designated body | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong | 0 | 0 |
| Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong Christian Council | 0 | 1 (33 nominees in total) |
| The Hong Kong Taoist Association | 1（12 nominees in total） | 1（12 nominees in total） |
| The Confucian Academy | 1（11 nominees in total） | 1（11 nominees in total） |
| The Hong Kong Buddhist Association | 0 | 0 |
Particulars of the nominees will be uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/ecss2016/eng/nominat2.html).
Ends/Thursday, November 10, 2016
Issued at HKT 21:16
Issued at HKT 21:16
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