A total of 14 nomination forms for the 2016 Legislative Council General Election were received today (July 25) by the Returning Officers for the five geographical constituencies and the 29 functional constituencies. 

     This brings to 116 the total number of nomination forms received since the start of the nomination period on July 16. The nomination period will continue until July 29.

     The number of nomination forms received for each geographical constituency is as follows:
 

	July 25	Cumulative total
Hong Kong Island	2	11
Kowloon West	2	10
Kowloon East	1	9
New Territories West	2	16
New Territories East	2	16
Total	9	62

     The number of nomination forms received for each functional constituency is as follows: 
 

	July 25	Cumulative total
Heung Yee Kuk	0	1
Agriculture and Fisheries	0	2
Insurance	0	1
Transport	0	2
Education	1	2
Legal	0	1
Accountancy	0	2
Medical	0	1
Health Services	0	1
Engineering	1	4
Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape	0	3
Labour	0	3
Social Welfare	1	2
Real Estate and Construction	0	1
Tourism	0	2
Commercial (first)	0	2
Commercial (second)	1	1
Industrial (first)	0	1
Industrial (second)	1	1
Finance	0	1
Financial Services	0	1
Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication	0	2
Import and Export	0	1
Textiles and Garment	0	1
Wholesale and Retail	0	2
Information Technology	0	1
Catering	0	2
District Council (first)	0	1
District Council (second)	0	9
Total	5	54

     Particulars of the nominees will be available on the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/legco2016/eng/nominat2.html).

Ends/Monday, July 25, 2016
Issued at HKT 19:30

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