15 nomination forms for Election Committee Subsector By-elections received today
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If there is a contested election for an EC subsector, a poll will be held on September 7.
The By-elections will fill a total of 93 vacancies in the membership of the EC to be returned by election involving 28 subsectors. The breakdown of nominations by subsectors received today is set out below:
| First Sector | |
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms for candidates received today |
| Catering | 0 |
| Commercial (first) | 0 |
| Commercial (second) | 0 |
| Commercial (third) | 0 |
| Employers' Federation of Hong Kong | 0 |
| Hotel | 1 |
| Import and export | 0 |
| Industrial (first) | 0 |
| Industrial (second) | 0 |
| Real estate and construction | 0 |
| Small and medium enterprises | 0 |
| Tourism | 0 |
| Transport | 0 |
| Second Sector | |
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms for candidates received today |
| Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape | 0 |
| Chinese medicine | 0 |
| Education | 0 |
| Legal | 0 |
| Medical and health services | 0 |
| Sports, performing arts, culture and publication | 0 |
| Technology and innovation | 0 |
| Third Sector | |
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms for candidates received today |
| Agriculture and fisheries | 0 |
| Associations of Chinese fellow townsmen | 1 |
| Grassroots associations | 1 |
| Labour | 1 |
| Fourth Sector | |
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms for candidates received today |
| Heung Yee Kuk | 0 |
| Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon | 0 |
| Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories | 0 |
| Fifth Sector | |
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms for candidates received today |
| Representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations | 8 |
| Total: | 12 |
Besides, 10 vacancies involving five subsectors to be returned by nomination will be filled through supplementary nominations by designated bodies. Today, three nomination forms for the relevant subsectors are received, with breakdown as below:
| Accountancy | |
| Designated body | No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today |
| Association of Hong Kong Accounting Advisors Limited | 0 |
| Sports, performing arts, culture and publication | |
| Designated body | No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today |
| Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China | 0 |
| Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited | 0 |
| Technology and innovation | |
| Designated body | No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today |
| The Greater Bay Area Association of Academicians | 0 |
| Religious | |
| Designated body | No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today |
| Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong | 0 |
| Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association | 1 (1 nominee in total) |
| The Hong Kong Taoist Association | 1 (2 nominees in total) |
| Representatives of associations of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland | |
| Designated body | No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today |
| Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Guangdong | 1 (1 nominee in total) |
| Total: | 3 (4 nominees in total) |
Particulars of the nominated persons received today will be uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk).
Ends/Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Issued at HKT 20:46
Issued at HKT 20:46
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