2026 Election Committee Nominations Total 1,086 Forms Received Ahead of October 20 Deadline

28 more nomination forms for Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections received today

The Returning Officers for the various subsectors of the 2026 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections received a total of 25 nomination forms for candidates and three nomination forms from designated bodies today (October 14). This brings to 1 086 the total number of nomination forms for candidates and 35 the total number of nomination forms from designated bodies received since nominations opened on October 7. The nomination period will end on October 20.

The breakdown of candidate nomination forms received by each subsector is set out below:

First Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today	Cumulative total
Catering	0	17
Commercial (first)	0	19
Commercial (second)	0	19
Commercial (third)	0	21
Employers' Federation of Hong Kong	0	17
Finance	2	20
Financial services	0	20
Hotel	0	16
Import and export	0	19
Industrial (first)	0	18
Industrial (second)	0	20
Insurance	0	20
Real estate and construction	7	17
Small and medium enterprises	0	17
Textiles and garment	0	19
Tourism	0	20
Transport	1	20
Wholesale and retail	0	19
Second Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today	Cumulative total
Accountancy	0	17
Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape	0	6
Chinese medicine	0	19
Education	0	14
Engineering	0	17
Legal	4	15
Medical and health services	3	23
Social welfare	2	17
Sports, performing arts, culture and publication	0	15
Technology and innovation	0	17
Third Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today	Cumulative total
Agriculture and fisheries	0	72
Associations of Chinese fellow townsmen	0	60
Grassroots associations	3	75
Labour	0	60
Fourth Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today	Cumulative total
Heung Yee Kuk	1	30
Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon	1	88
Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories	1	93
Fifth Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today	Cumulative total
Representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations	0	110
Total:	25	1 086

Besides, a total of three nomination forms were received from designated bodies by each subsector:

Accountancy
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today	Cumulative total
Association of Hong Kong Accounting Advisors Limited	0	1 (15 nominees in total)
Chinese medicine
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today	Cumulative total
WFCMS (Hong Kong) Council Members Association Limited	0	1 (15 nominees in total)
Legal
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today	Cumulative total
China Law Society's HK Council Members Association	0	1 (9 nominees in total)
Sports, performing arts, culture and publication
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today	Cumulative total
Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China	0	1 (3 nominees in total)
China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Hong Kong Member Association Limited	0	1 (9 nominees in total)
Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited	0	1 (3 nominees in total)
Technology and innovation
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today	Cumulative total
The Greater Bay Area Association of Academicians	1 (15 nominees in total)	1 (15 nominees in total)
Religious
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today	Cumulative total
Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong	0	1 (13 nominees in total)
Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association	0	1 (10 nominees in total)
Hong Kong Christian Council	0	0
The Hong Kong Taoist Association	0	1 (10 nominees in total)
The Confucian Academy	0	0
The Hong Kong Buddhist Association	0	1 (10 nominees in total)
Representatives of associations of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today	Cumulative total
Mainland China (Shenzhen) Consultant Services Centre, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Mainland China (Guangzhou) Consultant Services Centre, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Mainland China (Dongguan) Consultant Services Centre, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Mainland China (Zhongshan) Consultant Services Centre, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Mainland China (Huizhou) Consultant Services Centre, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Mainland China (Fujian, Xiamen) Consultant Services Centre, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China	1 (1 nominee in total)	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Tianjin	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Shanghai	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Zhejiang	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Guangdong	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Fujian	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Guangxi	0	0
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Sichuan	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Wuhan	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Liaoning	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Shandong	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Professionals (Beijing) Association	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Shanghai Hong Kong Association	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Guangzhou Tianhe Hong Kong and Macau Youth Association	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Association of China Business	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, Qianhai, Shenzhen	0	0
Hong Kong and Macau Entrepreneurs Branch, Chongqing Overseas Association	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
Fujian Federation of Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs	1 (1 nominee in total)	1 (1 nominee in total)
Hong Kong and Macao Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Federation in Zhongkai Huizhou	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
The Hong Kong Fellowship in Huadu Guangzhou	0	1 (1 nominee in total)
The Hong Kong Fellowship in Chancheng Foshan	0	0
Total:	3 (17 nominees in total)	35 (136 nominees in total)

Particulars of the nominations received today will be uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk).

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Hong Kong Customs takes territory-wide law enforcement actions against illicit cigarette selling points

Hong Kong Customs has been mounting a decoy operation targeting cigarette retail points in various districts in Hong Kong since October 7. A total of about 120 000 suspected illicit cigarettes, with an estimated market value of about $540,000 and a duty potential of about $400,000, were seized. Ten persons were arrested.

During the operation, Customs officers disguised as customers conducted test buys at different cigarette retail points, including newsstands, stores and grocery shops. Some retail points were found to offer cigarettes for sale at a price less than the statutory duty imposed thereon. As at today (October 14), Customs has taken prompt enforcement actions against ten cigarette retail points in Tuen Mun, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Sham Shui Po, Tsz Wan Shan, Pok Fu Lam and North Point, and arrested shop owners and staff. Ten persons, comprising three men and seven women aged between 26 and 73, were arrested.

As part of the new phase of tobacco control measures, the Government gazetted the Tobacco Control Legislation (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 (the Amendment Ordinance) on September 19, 2025. Measures to combat illicit cigarettes, including raising the maximum penalty for relevant offences relating to duty-not-paid tobacco and requiring that cigarettes sold at a price lower than the tobacco duty must be proved to be duty-paid, came into immediate effect on the same day. Since the Amendment Ordinance was gazetted, Hong Kong Customs have conducted frequent patrols and mounted multiple enforcement operations including the decoy operations against cigarette retail points. A total of 38 cigarette retail points were dismantled with about 450 000 duty-not-paid cigarettes seized and 39 persons arrested. The judicial proceedings of 11 cases have been completed with custodial sentences ranging from four-week to six-month's imprisonments. The rest of the cases will also enter the judicial proceedings in due course.

The operation is still ongoing in different districts. Customs reminds cigarette retailers not to sell cigarettes of unknown sources and stay alert to cigarettes supplied at a price less than the statutory duty. Under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109), if a cigarette is offered for sale or supply at a consideration the value of which is less than the rate of duty imposed on the cigarette, the cigarette is dutiable goods. In addition, anyone involved in dealing with, possession of, selling or buying duty-not-paid cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.

Members of the public may report any suspected illicit cigarette activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080, its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Hong Kong Customs takes territory-wide law enforcement actions against illicit cigarette selling points Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Customs takes territory-wide law enforcement actions against illicit cigarette selling points Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases