​The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee (CERC) published a notice in the Gazette today (February 11) to declare that 25 registrations of ex-officio members of the Election Committee (EC) are valid.
      
     In accordance with section 5J of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), a person holding a specified office under Part 2A of the Schedule may register as an ex-officio member of the EC.  
      
     The Registration and Electoral Office has received 25 registrations of ex-officio members. After review, the CERC has determined that those registrations are valid. The subsectors and specified offices involved are listed below:
 

Subsector	Specified office
Members of the Legislative Council	Members of the Legislative Council
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC deputies) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)	NPC deputies and CPPCC members
Social welfare	the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Hong Kong Island Social Services Charitable Foundation Limited

Ends/Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Issued at HKT 17:40

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