1 553 nomination forms for Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections received by deadline
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Apart from the nominee who withdrew from the poll in the medical subsector on November 12, one nominee for the Heung Yee Kuk subsector and two nominees for the New Territories District Councils subsector submitted notices of withdrawal of candidature to the Returning Officers today.
For each subsector/sub-subsector, a poll will be held on December 11 if there is a contested election for that subsector/sub-subsector.
Six designated bodies of the religious subsector handed in nomination forms by the close of the nomination period, involving a total of 400 nominees. One designated body of the subsector handed in a nomination form today, involving a total of 320 nominees. Nominations of members representing this subsector are returned by six designated bodies.
A full list of the validly nominated candidates for the election will be published in the Gazette after the Returning Officers have validated and confirmed the eligibility of candidature of the nominees.
The Electoral Affairs Commission will hold two briefing sessions for candidates on November 17 and 18 at the Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre.
The Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Mr Justice Barnabas Fung Wah, will chair the briefing sessions and brief candidates on general electoral arrangements and on important points to note in running their election campaigns. Representatives from the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Hongkong Post will also be present.
Before each briefing session, the Returning Officers of contested subsectors will determine by drawing lots the order of the names of candidates of their respective subsectors on ballot papers and the allocation of designated display spots of election advertisements.
The breakdown of nominations by subsectors is set out below:
| First Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Catering | 2 | 17 |
| Commercial (first) | 1 | 19 |
| Commercial (second) | 0 | 18 |
| Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong | 2 | 16 |
| Finance | 0 | 18 |
| Financial services | 5 | 33 |
| Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association | 0 | 16 |
| Hotel | 1 | 19 |
| Import and export | 0 | 18 |
| Industrial (first) | 1 | 18 |
| Industrial (second) | 1 | 18 |
| Insurance | 6 | 29 |
| Real estate and construction | 0 | 18 |
| Textiles and garment | 0 | 18 |
| Tourism | 6 | 25 |
| Transport | 4 | 24 |
| Wholesale and retail | 2 | 21 |
| Second Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Accountancy | 9 | 62 |
| Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape | 14 | 92 |
| Chinese medicine | 4 | 55 |
| Education | 4 | 57 |
| Engineering | 7 | 64 |
| Health services | 6 | 94 |
| Higher education | 8 | 66 |
| Information technology | 4 | 59 |
| Legal | 1 | 37 |
| Medical | 20 | 86 (1 candidate withdrawn) |
| Third Sector (except religious subsector)* | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Agriculture and fisheries | 0 | 60 |
| Labour | 5 | 69 |
| Social welfare | 4 | 104 |
| Sports, performing arts, culture and publication Sports sub-subsector Performing arts sub-subsector Culture sub-subsector Publication sub-subsector |
1 2 1 1 |
16 23 31 16 |
| Fourth Sector | ||
| Subsector | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference | 1 | 51 |
| Heung Yee Kuk | 0 | 36 (1 candidate withdrawn) |
| Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils | 9 | 66 |
| New Territories District Councils | 3 | 64 (2 candidates withdrawn) |
| Total: | 135 | 1 553 (4 candidates withdrawn) |
*Religious subsector
Number of nominations received
| Designated bodies | No. of nomination forms received today | Cumulative total |
| Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong | 1 (320 nominees in total) | 1 (320 nominees in total) |
| Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association | 0 | 1 (11 nominees in total) |
| Hong Kong Christian Council | 0 | 1 (33 nominees in total) |
| The Hong Kong Taoist Association | 0 | 1 (12 nominees in total) |
| The Confucian Academy | 0 | 1 (11 nominees in total) |
| The Hong Kong Buddhist Association | 0 | 1 (13 nominees in total) |
Particulars of the nominees will be uploaded to the election website (http://www.elections.gov.hk/ecss2016/eng/nominat2.html).
Ends/Monday, November 14, 2016
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