275 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.
One designated body of the religious subsector handed in a nomination form today, involving a total of 33 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Commercial (first) | 2 | 4 |
| Commercial (second) | 0 | 17 |
| Employers' Federation of Hong Kong | 8 | 8 |
| Finance | 3 | 14 |
| Financial services | 5 | 6 |
| Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association | 0 | 0 |
| Hotel | 5 | 13 |
| Import and export | 18 | 18 |
| Industrial (first) | 14 | 14 |
| Industrial (second) | 2 | 15 |
| Insurance | 4 | 7 |
| Real estate and construction | 5 | 10 |
| Textiles and garment | 1 | 18 |
| Tourism | 16 | 16 |
| Transport | 3 | 13 |
| Wholesale and retail | 1 | 18 |
| Second Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Accountancy | 19 | 28 |
| Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape | 20 | 43 |
| Chinese medicine | 9 | 40 |
| Education | 8 | 16 |
| Engineering | 6 | 39 |
| Health services | 13 | 28 |
| Higher education | 2 | 10 |
| Information technology | 1 | 27 |
| Legal | 2 | 32 |
| Medical | 24 | 38 |
| Third Sector (except religious subsector)* | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Agriculture and fisheries | 0 | 0 |
| Labour | 23 | 43 |
| Social welfare | 24 | 60 |
| Sports, performing arts, culture and publication Sports sub-subsector Performing arts sub-subsector Culture sub-subsector Publication sub-subsector |
0 0 0 0 |
15 11 26 15 |
| Fourth Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference | 0 | 50 |
| Heung Yee Kuk | 3 | 35 |
| Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils | 7 | 8 |
| New Territories District Councils | 26 | 51 |
| Total: | 275 | 807 |
*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 | 1 (33 nominees in total) | 1 (33 nominees in total) |
| The Hong Kong Taoist Association | 0 | 0 |
| The Confucian Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 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/Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Issued at HKT 21:11
Issued at HKT 21:11
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