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Application for Registration

Guidance Notes Application for Registration as an Elector in a Functional Constituency and as a Voter in an Election Committee Subsector

(applicable to individual and corporate applicants)

Registration and Electoral Office

REO-GN1(2003) CONTENTS Page Number I. Introduction 1 II. Who is Eligible to Apply for Registration 3 III. Who is Disqualified from being Registered 5 IV. How to Submit an Application 5 V. Further Enquiries 6 VI. Personal Information Collection Statement 7 VII. Language Preference for Election-related 7 Communications

Appendices :

Eligibility for registration in Functional Constituencies and corresponding Election Committee subsectors:

Appendix 1 : Accountancy 8 Appendix 2 : Agriculture and Fisheries 9 Appendix 3 : Architectural, Surveying and 13 Planning Appendix 4 : Catering 14 Appendix 5 : Commercial (First) 17 Appendix 6 : Commercial (Second) 19 Appendix 7 : District Council 22 Appendix 8 : Education 23 Appendix 9 : Engineering 25 Appendix 10 : Finance 26 Appendix 11 : Financial Services 28 Appendix 12 : Health Services 31 Appendix 13 : Heung Yee Kuk 33 Appendix 14 : Import and Export 34 Appendix 15 : Industrial (First) 38 Appendix 16 : Industrial (Second) 41 Appendix 17 : Information Technology 43 Appendix 18 : Insurance 47 Appendix 19 : Labour 49 Appendix 20 : Legal 51 Appendix 21 : Medical 52 Appendix 22 : Real Estate and Construction 53

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Appendix 23 : Social Welfare 56 Appendix 24 : Sports, Performing Arts, Culture 57 and Publication Appendix 25 : Textiles and Garment 66 Appendix 26 : Tourism 70 Appendix 27 : Transport 73 Appendix 28 : Wholesale and Retail 79

Eligibility for registration in other Optional Election Committee subsectors:

Appendix 29 : Chinese Medicine 84 Appendix 30 : Chinese People’s Political 85 Consultative Conference Appendix 31 : Employers’ Federation of Hong 86 Kong Appendix 32 : Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises 88 Association Appendix 33 : Social Welfare 90 (for corporate bodies only)

******************************************************************* This booklet and application forms are obtainable from the following sources:

(a) Registration and Electoral Office: (i) 10th Floor, Harbour Centre 25 Harbour Road Wan Chai Hong Kong

(ii) 10th Floor, Guardian House 32 Oi Kwan Road Wan Chai Hong Kong

(b) Registration and Electoral Office Website: www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm

(c) Registration and Electoral Office Enquiry Hotline: 2891 1001

(ii) - 1 - I. Introduction

If you are eligible, you may choose to be registered as :-

an elector in ONE of the following Functional Constituencies (“FC”) and a voter in the corresponding subsector of the Election Committee (“EC”), i.e. a subsector having the same name as the FC, at the same time:

(1) Accountancy; (2) Agriculture and Fisheries; (3) Architectural, Surveying and Planning; (4) Catering; (5) Commercial (First); (6) Commercial (Second); (7) District Council1; (8) Education2; (9) Engineering; (10) Finance; (11) Financial Services; (12) Health Services; (13) Heung Yee Kuk; (14) Import and Export; (15) Industrial (First); (16) Industrial (Second); (17) Information Technology; (18) Insurance; (19) Labour; (20) Legal; (21) Medical; (22) Real Estate and Construction; (23) Social Welfare; (24) Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication; (25) Textiles and Garment; (26) Tourism3; (27) Transport; (28) Wholesale and Retail, OR

1. For the District Council FC, its corresponding subsector means either the Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils subsector or the New Territories District Councils subsector. 2. For the Education FC, its corresponding subsector means either the Education subsector or the Higher Education subsector. 3. For the Tourism FC, its corresponding subsector means either the Tourism subsector or the Hotel subsector.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 2 -

an elector in ONE of the above FCs and a voter in ONE of the following EC subsectors, instead of in its corresponding subsector:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (4) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (5) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

OR

a voter in ONE of the following EC subsectors (if you are not eligible to be registered in any FC):

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (4) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (5) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only).

An eligible person or body is entitled to be registered in only ONE FC and/or only ONE EC subsector. If you are already an elector/voter registered in an FC/EC subsector, the submission of an application for registration in a different FC/EC subsector, if accepted, will displace the registration of the existing FC/EC subsector in the next final register.

You only need to read Sections I to VII of the Guidance Notes and the Appendix applicable to the FC and/or the EC subsector you wish to apply for.

If you are registered as an elector in an FC and as a voter in an EC subsector, you will be entitled to vote in a general election or by-election, if any, in respect of the Legislative Council (“LegCo”) and the EC subsector-

(1) to elect a Member of the LegCo in respect of your FC. Three LegCo Members are returned by the Labour FC; and

(2) to elect your representatives in respect of your EC subsector as members of the EC. The EC will return a LegCo Member in a by- election, if a vacancy arises amongst the six Members elected by the EC during the second term of the LegCo. Under the Basic Law, the EC is also responsible for returning the Chief Executive.

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If you are an individual

(1) You are eligible to be registered as an individual elector for an FC and/or as an individual voter for an EC subsector if:

(A) you possess the qualifications required for registration in the FC and/or the EC subsector (for details, please refer to the relevant Appendix); and

(B) you are registered as an elector in a Geographical Constituency (“GC”) or are eligible and have applied to be so registered.

(a) Generally, you are eligible to be registered as an elector in a GC if :

(i) you are a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;

(ii) you ordinarily reside in Hong Kong;

(iii) you have reached 18 years of age or will reach 18 years of age on or before 25 September (for District Council Election year) OR 25 July (for Non-District Council Election year) next following your application for registration;

(iv) you hold an identity document, e.g. a Hong Kong permanent identity card; and

(v) you are not subject to any disqualification from registration.

For enquiries on permanent resident status, please call the Immigration Department hotline: 2824 4055.

(b) (i) You will be registered in a LegCo GC and the District Council constituency to which you belong according to your residential address which should be your only or principal residence in Hong Kong, i.e. a dwelling place in Hong Kong at which you reside and which constitutes your sole or main home.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 4 - (ii) Please notify the Electoral Registration Officer in writing of any subsequent change of residential address as this might entail a consequential change of the constituencies in which you are registered.

(C) you are not appointed as an Authorized Representative of a corporate elector/voter in the same FC/EC subsector in which the corporate elector/voter has been registered.

(2) If you are eligible to be registered in the Heung Yee Kuk FC and any other FC, you may only register in the Heung Yee Kuk FC and not in any other FC.

If you are a body

(3) Your body* is eligible to apply for registration as a corporate elector for an FC and/or as a corporate voter for an EC subsector if your body possesses the qualifications required for registration in the FC and/or the EC subsector. (For detailed qualification, please refer to the relevant Appendix.) (4) Your body must appoint an authorized representative (“AR”) for the purpose of casting your vote in an election. (For details on the appointment of AR(s), please refer to the relevant Appendix.)

(5) If your body is eligible to be registered in one of the following :

(a) Agriculture and Fisheries FC; (b) Insurance FC; or (c) Transport FC,

and any other FC, your body may only register in (a), (b) or (c) above and not in any other FC.

* A “body” means an incorporated or unincorporated body, and includes a firm or a group of persons (which may include incorporated or unincorporated bodies) who are associated with each other through a shared relevant interest.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 5 - III. Who is Disqualified from being Registered

Generally, a person is disqualified from being registered as an individual elector or voter, or as an AR, if he/she :

(1) has been sentenced to death or imprisonment in Hong Kong or any other place and has not either served the sentence or undergone such other punishment as a competent authority may have substituted for the sentence or received a free pardon;

(2) on the date of application for registration, is serving a sentence of imprisonment;

(3) is or has been convicted of: (a) having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554); or (b) an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or (c) any offence prescribed by regulations in force under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541), where the election is to be held or is held within 3 years after the date of conviction;

(4) is found under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) to be incapable, by reason of mental incapacity, of managing and administering his/her property and affairs; or

(5) is a member of any armed forces.

IV. How to Submit an Application

If you are an individual

Please use Form REO-41 (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an EC subsector”) to apply for registration in an FC and an EC subsector.

Please use Form REO-41EC (“Application by an individual for registration in an EC subsector”) to apply for registration in an optional EC subsector only.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 6 - If you are holding a valid personal digital certificate, you may also register on-line through the “Electronic Service Delivery” website: www.esd.gov.hk.

If you are a body

Please use Form REO-42 (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an EC subsector”) to apply for registration in an FC, an EC subsector and to appoint AR(s).

Please use Form REO-42EC (“Application by a body for registration in an EC subsector”) to apply for registration in an optional EC subsector only and to appoint an AR.

Application Deadline

After you have completed and signed the application form and the AR(s) has/have also signed the application form, where appropriate, please return it to the Electoral Registration Officer as soon as possible. Your application must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the following address on or before 16 July (for District Council Election year) OR 16 May (for Non- District Council Election year) for your registration particulars to be included in the next FC and subsector Final Registers to be published in September (for District Council Election year) OR July (for Non- District Council Election year):

Registration and Electoral Office 10th Floor, Guardian House 32 Oi Kwan Road Wan Chai Hong Kong

V. Further Enquiries

If you require further information, please call 2891 1001 or write to the above address by post, or fax to 2891 1180, or refer to website: www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 7 - VI. Personal Information Collection Statement Purpose of Collection

The personal data and other related information provided by you by means of the application form will be used by the Registration and Electoral Office for voter registration and election related purposes. The provision of personal data and other related information by means of the application form is voluntary. However, if you do not provide adequate and accurate data we may not be able to process your application for registration. If the Electoral Registration Officer has determined that you are eligible to be registered as an elector/voter, your name and residential address you provide by means of the application form will be compiled in a register and made available for public inspection.

Classes of Transferees

Where necessary, the particulars submitted by you may be provided to other departments/organizations/persons for verifying your eligibility for registration and other election-related purposes under relevant ordinances and/or subsidiary legislation.

Access to Personal Data

You have a right to request access to, and to request the correction of, the personal data and other related information you supplied in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486). Such requests should be made in writing to the Electoral Registration Officer at 10th Floor, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

VII.Language Preference for Election-related Communications

Normally, election-related communications issued to electors by the Registration and Electoral Office are in both Chinese and English. Your language preference would facilitate candidates’ communications with you at elections in the language of your choice. If you do not complete this section, it will be assumed that your preferred language is Chinese.

______Note: This booklet is for general guidance only. For more details, applicants may refer to the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542), the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541) and subsidiary legislations made thereunder. These legislations can be found on the website: www.justice.gov.hk/home.htm and are on sale at the Government Publications Centre.

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Appendix 1 Registration in the Accountancy Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are a professional accountant registered under the Professional Accountants Ordinance (Cap. 50).

2. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Accountancy FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Accountancy FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 9 - Appendix 2 Registration in the Agriculture and Fisheries Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) Subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered:

(a) (i) if you are a corporate member of one of the following bodies:

(1) Federation of Vegetable Marketing Co-operative Societies, Limited; (2) Federation of Pig Raising Co-operative Societies of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories, Ltd.; (3) The Joint Association of Hong Kong Fishermen; (4) Federation of Hong Kong Aquaculture Associations; (5) The Federation of Fishermen's Co-operative Societies of Shau Kei Wan District, Limited; (6) The Federation of Fishermen's Co-operative Societies of Tai Po District, N.T., Limited; (7) The Federation of Fishermen's Co-operative Societies of Sai Kung District, Limited; (8) The Federation of Fishermen's Co-operative Societies of Southern District, Limited,

(ii) if you are one of the following bodies :

(1) The Aberdeen Fishermen Friendship Association; (2) The Ap Lei Chau Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (3) The Castle Peak Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (4) The Castle Peak Mechanized Trawler Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (5) Cheung Chau Fisheries Joint Association; (6) Cheung Chau Fishermen's Welfare Promotion Association; (7) The Fanling Kwun Ti Village Farmers' Irrigation Co-operative Society, Ltd.; (8) Fish Farming and Stuff Association; (9) Fisherman's Association of Po Toi Island; (10) Fishery Development Association (Hong Kong) Limited; (11) Fraternal Association of The Floating Population of Hong Kong. (12) The Guild of Graziers; (13) Hang Hau Grazier Association; (14) Hong Kong and Kowloon Fishermen Association Ltd.; (15) Hong Kong & Kowloon Floating Fishermen Welfare Promotion Association; (16) The Hong Kong Fisheries Development Association; (17) Hong Kong Fishermen's Association; (18) Hong Kong Fishing Vessel Owners Association, Ltd.; (19) Hong Kong Florists Association; (20) Hong Kong Graziers Union; (21) The Hong Kong Liner & Gillnetting Fisherman Association; (22) Hong Kong Livestock Industry Association;

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 10 - (23) Hong Kong N.T. Fish Culture Association; (24) Hong Kong N.T. Poultry - Culture (Geese & Ducks) Mutual Association; (25) Hong Kong Netting, Cultivation and Fisherman Association; (26) Hong Kong New Territories Boat People Association; (27) Hong Kong Off-shore Fishermen's Association; (28) Hong Kong Pigfarm Association Limited; (29) The Lam Ti Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society, Limited; (30) Lamma Island Lo Dik Wan Aquaculture Association; (31) (32) Lau Fau Shan Oyster Industry Association, New Territories; (33) Ma Wan Fisheries Rights Association Ltd.; (34) The Mui Wo Agricultural Products Marketing & Credit Co-operative Society, Ltd.; (35) Mui Wo Fishermen Fraternity Society; (36) N.T. Oyster and Aquatic Products United Association; (37) The New Territories Chicken Breeders Association, Ltd.; (38) The New Territories Fishermen Fraternity Association Ltd.; (39) New Territories Florist Association, Ltd.; (40) North District Florists Association; (41) Outlying Islands Mariculture Association (Cheung Chau); (42) Peng Chau Fishermen Association Ltd.; (43) Quality Broiler Development Association; (44) Sai Kung Fishermen Association Limited; (45) (46) Sai Kung (North) Sham Wan Marine Fish Culture Business Association; (47) Sai Kung Po Toi O Fish Culture Business Association; (48) Sai Kung Tai Tau Chau Fish Culture Business Association; (49) Sai Kung Tai Wu Kok Fishermen's Association; (50) Sha Tau Kok Marine Fish Culture Association; (51) The Sha Tau Kok Small Long Liner and Gill Net Fishermen's Credit Co- operative Society, Unlimited; (52) The Shan Tong Vegetable Marketing Co-operative Society, Ltd.; (53) Shatin Ah Kung Kok Fishermen Welfare Association; (54) Shatin Florists Association.; (55) The Shau Kei Wan Deep Sea Capture Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (56) Shau Kei Wan Fishermen Friendship Association; (57) The Shau Kei Wan Pair Trawler Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (58) The Shau Kei Wan Trawler Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (59) The Sheung Shui Ngai Yuen Sun Tsuen Pig Raising Co-operative Society, Ltd.; (60) Tai O Fishermen (Coastal Fishery) Association; (61) The Tai O Sha Chai Min Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (62) The Tai Po Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (63) Tai Po Florists and Horticulturists Association; (64) The Tai Po Ma Wo Village Pig Raising Co-operative Society, Ltd.; (65) The Tai Po Purse Seiner and Small Long Liner Fishermen's Credit Co- operative Society, Unlimited.;

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 11 - (66) The Tsing Lung Tau Hand Liner Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (67) The Tsuen Wan Fishermen's Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (68) The Tuen Mun Mechanized Fishing Boat Fishermen’s Credit Co-operative Society; (69) Tuen Mun Agricultural Association; (70) Tung Lung Chau Mariculture Association; (71) The World Poultry Science Association, Hong Kong Branch; (72) The Wu Kau Tang Village Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society, Limited; (73) The Yuen Long Agriculture Productivity Association; (74) Yung Shue Au Marine Fish Culture Business Association; (75) (76) 青衣水陸居民聯誼會; (77) 荃灣葵青居民聯會(漁民組); (78) (79) 荃灣葵青漁民會; (80) The Shau Kei Wan Stern Trawler Fishermen’s Credit Co-operative Society, Unlimited; (81) Hong Kong Organic Farming Association Limited; (82) N. T. North District Fishermen’s Association; (83) Tai Po Off Shore Fishermen’s Association; (84) Aberdeen Fisherwomen Association,

and

(b) if you are a corporate member of one of the bodies listed in item 1(a)(i), you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

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Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Agriculture and Fisheries FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Agriculture and Fisheries FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 13 - Appendix 3 Registration in the Architectural, Surveying and Planning Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following categories of persons :

(a) architects registered under the Architects Registration Ordinance (Cap. 408); (b) members of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institute; (c) landscape architects registered under the Landscape Architects Registration Ordinance (Cap. 516); (d) members of The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institute; (e) professional surveyors registered under the Surveyors Registration Ordinance (Cap. 417); (f) members of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institute; (g) professional planners registered under the Planners Registration Ordinance (Cap. 418); (h) members of The Hong Kong Institute of Planners entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institute.

2. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Architectural, Surveying and Planning FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Architectural, Surveying and Planning FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 14 - Appendix 4 Registration in the Catering Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered:

(a) if you are one of the following categories of persons or bodies:

(1) holders of food business licences under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132); (2) The Association for the Hong Kong Catering Services Management Limited; (3) The Association of Restaurant Managers Limited; (4) Federation of Hong Kong Restaurant Owners Limited;

(5) The Hong Kong Restaurant and Eating House Merchants General Association; (6) Hong Kong Catering Industry Association Limited,

and

(b) if you are a body specified in 1(a)(1), you must have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

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(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Catering FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Catering FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Catering FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Catering FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 16 - functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 17 - Appendix 5 Registration in the Commercial (First) Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if your body is a member of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce entitled to vote at general meetings of the Chamber,

and

(b) if your body has been its corporate member and has been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

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3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Commercial (First) FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Commercial (First) FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

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1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are a member of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce entitled to vote at general meetings of the Chamber;

and

(b) if you are an individual member of the Chamber, you must have been its individual member for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a corporate member of the Chamber, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or

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(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Commercial (Second) FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Commercial (Second) FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Commercial (Second) FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Commercial (Second) FC and the subsector of your choice.

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4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 23 - Appendix 7 Registration in the District Council Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector (Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils subsector) (New Territories District Councils subsector)

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are a member of the District Councils established under the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547).

2. Who is eligible to be registered in the Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils subsector

If you are a member of the Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils, you are eligible to be registered in the Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils subsector.

3. Who is eligible to be registered in the New Territories District Councils subsector

If you are a member of the New Territories District Councils, you are eligible to be registered in the New Territories District Councils subsector.

4. Points to note

You do not need to apply to be registered in the District Council FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the District Council FC and the subsector of your choice.

5. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

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Registration in the Education Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector (Education subsector) (Higher Education subsector)

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following categories of persons :

(a) full-time academic staff engaged in teaching or research and administrative staff of equivalent rank in - (1) institutions of higher education funded through the University Grants Committee; (2) approved post secondary colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap. 320); (3) technical colleges established under the Vocational Training Council Ordinance (Cap. 1130); (4) The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; (5) The Open University of Hong Kong; (b) full-time academic staff engaged in teaching or research and administrative staff of equivalent rank in - (1) School of Continuing and Professional Education of the City University of Hong Kong; (2) School of Continuing Education of the Hong Kong Baptist University; (3) Lingnan Institute of Further Education of the Lingnan University; (4) School of Continuing Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; (5) Division of Continuing Professional Education of The Hong Kong Institute of Education; (6) School of Professional Education and Executive Development of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; (7) HKUST College Lifelong Learning Limited; (8) HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education; (c) members of each of the following bodies - (1) Council of the University of Hong Kong; (2) Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; (3) Council of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; (4) Council of the City University of Hong Kong; (5) Council of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; (6) Council of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; (7) Council of The Open University of Hong Kong; (8) Council of the Vocational Training Council; (9) Council of The Hong Kong Institute of Education; (10) Council of the Hong Kong Baptist University; (11) Council of the Lingnan University; (12) Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Shue Yan College; (13) Board of Governors of the Caritas Francis Hsu College (d) registered teachers registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279);

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 25 - (e) permitted teachers engaged in full-time employment in schools registered or provisionally registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279); (f) teachers and principals of schools entirely maintained and controlled by the Government; (g) persons whose principal or only employment is that of full-time teaching with the following institutions - (1) technical institutes, industrial training centres or skills centres established under the Vocational Training Council Ordinance (Cap. 1130); (2) industrial training centres established under the Industrial Training (Construction Industry) Ordinance (Cap. 317);

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 26 - (3) (3) industrial training centres established under the Industrial Training (Clothing Industry) Ordinance (Cap. 318); (4) Hong Chi Association – Hong Chi Pinehill Village Advanced Training Centre; (5) Caritas Lok Mo Skills Centre of Caritas-Hong Kong incorporated under the Caritas-Hong Kong Incorporation Ordinance (Cap. 1092); (h) registered managers of schools registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279).

2. Who is eligible to be registered in the Higher Education subsector

If you are a person listed at item 1(a), (b) or (c) above, you are eligible to be registered in the Higher Education subsector. You will be so registered even if you are also eligible to be registered in the Education subsector.

3. Who is eligible to be registered in the Education subsector

If you are a person listed at item 1(d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) above, you are eligible to be registered in the Education subsector. If, at the same time, you are also a person listed at item 1(a), (b) or (c) above, you will be registered in the Higher Education subsector and not in the Education subsector.

4. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Education FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Education FC and the subsector of your choice.

5. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

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Registration in the Engineering Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following categories of persons :

(a) professional engineers registered under the Engineers Registration Ordinance (Cap. 409); (b) members of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institution.

2. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Engineering FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Engineering FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

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Registration in the Finance Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of bodies :

(i) banks within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155); (ii) restricted licence banks within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155); (iii) deposit-taking companies within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155),

and

(b) if your body has been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

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3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Finance FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Finance FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

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Registration in the Financial Services Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of persons or bodies :

(1) exchange participants of a recognized exchange company;

(2) members of The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society entitled to vote at general meetings of the Society,

and

(b) if you are a corporate exchange participant of a recognized exchange company listed at item 1(a)(1) above, you must have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are an individual member of the Society listed at item 1(a)(2) above, you must have been its individual member for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(d) if you are a corporate member of the Society listed at item 1(a)(2) above, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC-

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 31 - (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; (ii) or if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Financial Services FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Financial Services FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Financial Services FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

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4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

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Registration in the Health Services Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following categories of persons:

(a) chiropractors registered under the Chiropractors Registration Ordinance (Cap. 428);

(b) nurses registered or enrolled or deemed to be registered or enrolled under the Nurses Registration Ordinance (Cap. 164); (c) midwives registered or deemed to be registered under the Midwives Registration Ordinance (Cap. 162); (d) pharmacists registered under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138); (e) medical laboratory technologists registered under the Medical Laboratory Technologists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations (Cap. 359 sub. leg.); (f) radiographers registered under the Radiographers (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulation (Cap. 359 sub. leg.); (g) physiotherapists registered under the Physiotherapists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulation (Cap. 359 sub. leg.); (h) occupational therapists registered under the Occupational Therapists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations (Cap. 359 sub. leg.); (i) optometrists registered under the Optometrists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulation (Cap. 359 sub. leg.); (j) dental hygienists enrolled under the Ancillary Dental Workers (Dental Hygienists) Regulations (Cap. 156 sub. leg.); (k) audiologists, audiology technicians, chiropodists (also known as “podiatrists”), dental surgery assistants, dental technicians, dental technologists, dental therapists, dietitians, dispensers, mould laboratory technicians, orthoptists, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, prosthetists, speech therapists and scientific officers (medical) who are in the service under the Government, or are employed in Hong Kong, at the following institutions - (1) public hospitals within the meaning of the Hospital Authority Ordinance (Cap. 113); (2) hospitals registered under the Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance (Cap. 165); (3) clinics maintained or controlled by the Government or The Chinese University of Hong Kong or by the University of Hong Kong; (4) services subvented by the Government.

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2. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Health Services FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Health Services FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 35 - Appendix 13

Registration in the Heung Yee Kuk Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following categories of persons :

(a) the Chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk; (b) Vice-Chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk; (c) the Ex Officio, Special or Co-opted Councillors of the Full Council of the Heung Yee Kuk.

2. Point to note

You do not need to apply to be registered in the Heung Yee Kuk FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Heung Yee Kuk FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and EC subsector.

Appendix 14

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Registration in Import and Export Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of persons or bodies :

(1) companies licensed under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109) for the import or export, or import and export, of dutiable commodities; (2) companies registered under the Motor Vehicles (First Registration Tax) Ordinance (Cap. 330) for the import of motor vehicles for use in Hong Kong; (3) companies licensed under the Control of Chemicals Ordinance (Cap. 145) for the import or export, or import and export, of controlled chemicals; (4) companies licensed under the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60) for the import or export, or import and export, of outboard engines and left hand drive vehicles and for the export of prescribed articles; (5) members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body - (i) Association of Hong Kong Photographic Equipment Importers Ltd.;

(ii) Hong Kong & Kowloon Steel and Metal Importers and Exporters Association Ltd.; (iii) Hong Kong Chinese Importers' & Exporters' Association; (iv) Hong Kong Exporters' Association; (v) Hong Kong Fresh Fruits Importers Association Ltd.; (vi) Hong Kong General Association of Edible Oil Importers & Exporters Ltd.; (vii) Hong Kong Maize and Feed Importers Association Ltd.; (viii) Hongkong Rice Importers & Exporters Association; (ix) Hongkong Watch Importers' Association; (x) The Hong Kong Food, Drinks & Grocery Association; (xi) Hong Kong & Kowloon Light Industrial Products Importers & Exporters Association Limited; (xii) Nanyang Importers and Exporters Association; (xiii) Hong Kong Industrial Production Trading Association Limited; (xiv) Industrial Chemical Merchants' Association Limited; (xv) South-China Paper Merchants Association Limited; (xvi) Wah On Exporters & Importers Association;

(xvii) The Hong Kong Shippers' Council; (xviii) The Shippers' Association of Hong Kong,

and

(b) if you are an individual member of a body listed at item 1(a)(5) above, you must have been its individual member for the 12 months immediately before your date of application for registration; or

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 37 - (c) if you are a corporate member of a body listed at item 1(a)(5) above, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before your date of application for registration; or

(d) if you are a company listed at item 1(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) above, you must have been operating for the 12 months immediately before your date of application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(2)

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

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3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Import and Export FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Import and Export FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Import and Export FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Import and Export FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 39 - (c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 40 - Appendix 15

Registration in the Industrial (First) Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are a member of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries entitled to vote at general meetings of the Federation,

and

(b) if you are an individual member of the Federation, you must have been its individual member for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a corporate member of the Federation, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 41 - (c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Industrial (First) FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Industrial (First) FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Industrial (First) FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Industrial (First) FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 42 - (a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 43 - Appendix 16

Registration in the Industrial (Second) Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are a member of The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association,

and

(b) if your body has been its corporate member and has been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 44 -

3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Industrial (Second) FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Industrial (Second) FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 45 - Appendix 17

Registration in the Information Technology Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of persons or bodies:

(1) Fellows and Full Members of the Hong Kong Computer Society entitled to vote at general meetings of the Society; (2) Fellows, Members and Graduate Members of Information Technology Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers who are entitled to vote at general meetings of the Division; (3) Professional Members of the Association for Computing Machinery, Hong Kong Chapter entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (4) Fellows, Senior Members and Full Members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Hong Kong Section, Computer Chapter entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institute; (5) Fellows, Senior Members and Full Members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Hong Kong Section, Hong Kong Joint Chapter on Circuits and Systems/Communications entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institute; (6) Fellows and Corporate Members of The Institution of Electrical Engineers Hong Kong entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institution; (7) Fellows, Members and Associate Members of the British Computer Society (Hong Kong Section) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Society; (8) Fellows, Senior Professional Members and Professional Members of The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (9) Full Members (Information Technology) of the Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the Society; (10) Full Members of the Information and Software Industry Association Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (11) Ordinary Members of the Hong Kong Telemedicine Association entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (12) the eligible persons of the following bodies - (i) Hong Kong & Mainland Software Industry Cooperation Association Limited; (ii) Information Systems Audit and Control Association (Hong Kong Chapter) Limited; (iii) Internet Professionals Association Limited; (iv) Professional Information Security Association; (13) corporate members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body - (i) Hong Kong Information Technology Federation Limited; (ii) Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association; (iii) Hong Kong Radio Paging Association Ltd.;

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 46 - (iv) Internet & Telecom Association of Hong Kong Limited; (v) Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association Limited; (vi) The Society of Hong Kong External Telecommunications Services Providers Limited; (14) bodies that are holders of one or more of the following classes of licences granted by the Telecommunications Authority under the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap.106) - (i) Fixed Telecommunications Network Services licences; (ii) Public Non-exclusive Telecommunications Service licences; (iii) Public Radiocommunications Service licences; (iv) Satellite Master Antenna Television licences; (v) Broadcast Relay Station licences; (vi) Broadcast Radio Relay Station licences; (vii) Carrier licences; (15) APT Satellite Co. Ltd.; (16) Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited, and

(b) if you are a corporate member of a body listed at item 1(a)(10), (12)(i) and (13), you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a body listed at item 1(a)(14) above, you must have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

[Note: In item 1(a)(12), the “eligible persons” means –

(i) Hong Kong & Mainland Software Industry Cooperation Association – Full Members, the major business of which, as confirmed by the Association, has been in the research, development or application of information technology or computer software during the relevant period and which are entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (ii) Information Systems Audit and Control Association (Hong Kong Chapter) Limited – Ordinary Members who are confirmed by the Association to have been holders of the Certified Information Systems Auditor Certification (CISA) during the relevant period and entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (iii) Internet Professionals Association Limited – Members who are confirmed by the Association to have had experience in the information technology field, as specified in the constitution of the Association, during the relevant period and entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; and (iv) Professional Information Security Association – Full Members who are confirmed by the Association to have been holders of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional Certification (CISSP) during the relevant period and entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association, where the “relevant period”, in relation to a person, means the period of 4 years immediately preceding the date on which that person applies for registration as an elector of the information technology functional constituency.]

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2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Information Technology FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 48 - you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Information Technology FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Information Technology FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Information Technology FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 49 - Appendix 18

Registration in the Insurance Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are an insurer authorized or deemed to be authorized under the Insurance Companies Ordinance (Cap. 41),

and

(b) if your body has been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 50 -

3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Insurance FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Insurance FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 51 - Appendix 19

Registration in the Labour Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are a trade union registered under the Trade Unions Ordinance (Cap. 332) of which all your voting members are employees,

and

(b) if your trade union has been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 52 -

3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Labour FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Labour FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 53 - Appendix 20

Registration in the Legal Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following categories of persons:

(a) members of The Law Society of Hong Kong entitled to vote at general meetings of the Society; (b) members of the Hong Kong Bar Association entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (c) legal officers within the meaning of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap. 87); (d) persons appointed under section 3 of the Legal Aid Ordinance (Cap. 91); (e) persons deemed to be legal officers for the purpose of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap. 87) by section 75 (3) of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6) or section 3(3) of the Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance (Cap. 412); (f) the Legal Adviser of the Legislative Council Secretariat and his or her assistants who are in the full-time employment of The Legislative Council Commission and are barristers or solicitors as defined in the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159).

2. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Legal FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Legal FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 54 - Appendix 21

Registration in the Medical Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following categories of persons :

(a) medical practitioners registered or deemed to be registered under the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 161); (b) dentists registered, deemed to be registered or exempt from registration under the Dentists Registration Ordinance (Cap. 156).

2. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Medical FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Medical FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 55 - Appendix 22

Registration in the Real Estate and Construction Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of persons or bodies :

(1) members of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (2) members of The Hong Kong Construction Association Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (3) members of The Hong Kong E & M Contractors’ Association Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association,

and

(b) if you are an individual member of a body listed at item 1(a) above, you must have been its individual member for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a corporate member of a body listed at item 1(a) above, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 56 - (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Real Estate and Construction FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Real Estate and Construction FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Real Estate and Construction FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Real Estate and Construction and the subsector of your choice.

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4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 58 - Appendix 23

Registration in the Social Welfare Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are a social worker registered under the Social Workers Registration Ordinance (Cap. 505).

2. Points to note

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Social Welfare FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Social Welfare FC and the subsector of your choice.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 59 - Appendix 24

Registration in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector (Sports sub-subsector) (Performing Arts sub-subsector) (Culture sub-subsector) (Publication sub-subsector)

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of persons or bodies :

(1) statutory bodies and registered bodies (other than schools registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279) and bodies formed by such schools) that are members of the sports associations affiliated to the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China; (2) sports associations affiliated to the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China but have no statutory bodies or registered bodies as members; (3) the following district sports associations: (i) Central & Western District Recreation & Sports Association; (ii) Eastern District Recreation & Sports Advancement Association Ltd.; (iii) The Federation of Tsuen Wan District Sports & Recreation Association Ltd.; (iv) Islands District Sports Association; (v) Kowloon City District Recreation & Sports Council; (vi) Kwai Tsing District Sports Association; (vii) Kwun Tong Sports Promotion Association Ltd.; (viii) Mong Kok District Cultural, Recreational and Sports Association Limited; (ix) North District Sports Association; (x) Sai Kung District Sports Association Ltd.; (xi) Sha Tin Sports Association Ltd.; (xii) Sham Shui Po Sports Association; (xiii) Southern District Recreation & Sports Council; (xiv) Tai Po Sports Association Ltd.; (xv) Tuen Mun Sports Association Limited; (xvi) Wanchai District Arts Cultural Recreation & Sports Association Ltd.; (xvii) Wong Tai Sin District Recreation & Sports Council; (xviii) Yaumatei and Tsimshatsui Recreation & Sports Association Ltd.; (xix) Yuen Long District Sports Association Ltd.; (4) bodies listed in a Gazette notice currently in force made under section 3(5) of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Ordinance (Cap. 472) as organizations for the purpose of section 3(4) of that Ordinance; (5) statutory bodies and registered bodies, the primary goal of which is the promotion of arts, and to which grants, sponsorship or performance fees have been approved by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Urban

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 60 - Council, the Regional Council, the Provisional Urban Council or the Provisional Regional Council, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Home Affairs Bureau during the relevant period; (6) the following district arts and culture associations: (i) Central and Western District Association for Culture and Arts; (ii) Eastern District Arts Council; (iii) Kowloon City District Arts and Culture Council; (iv) Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District Culture and Arts Co-ordinating Association Limited; (v) Kwun Tong District Culture and Recreation Promotion Association; (vi) North District Arts Advancement Association Limited; (vii) Sai Kung Culture & Recreational Advancement Association; (viii) Sha Tin Arts Association Limited; (ix) Shamshuipo Arts Association; (x) Southern District Arts and Culture Association Limited; (xi) Tai Po District Arts Advancement Association; (xii) Tsuen Wan Culture & Recreation Co-ordinating Association Limited; (xiii) Tuen Mun Arts Promotion Association; (xiv) Wong Tai Sin District Arts Council; (xv) Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui Culture and Arts Association Limited; (xvi) Yuen Long District Arts Committee; (7) members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body - (i) Educational Booksellers' Association, Limited; (ii) The Anglo-Chinese Textbook Publishers Organisation Limited; (iii) The Hong Kong Educational Publishers Association Limited; (iv) The Hong Kong Publishers and Distributors Association; (v) Hong Kong Book & Magazine Trade Association Limited; (vi) Hongkong Book and Stationery Industry Association Company Limited; (8) members of the Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited (other than those referred to in paragraph (7)) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Federation; (9) members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body - (i) HK, Kln & NT Motion Picture Industry Association Ltd.; (ii) Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd.; (iii) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Hong Kong Group) Limited; (iv) Movie Producers and Distributors Association of Hong Kong Ltd.; (v) Music Publishers Association of Hong Kong Ltd.; (vi) Hong Kong Theatres Association Ltd.; (10) corporate proprietors, the principal business of which is publication, registered under the Registration of Local Newspapers Ordinance (Cap. 268); (11) corporate proprietors of newspaper distributors licensed under the Newspapers Registration and Distribution Regulations (Cap. 268 sub. leg.); (12) bodies that are holders of one or more of the following classes of licences granted under the Broadcasting Ordinance (Cap. 562) – (i) licences to provide a domestic free television programme services; (ii) licences to provide a domestic pay television programme services; (iii) licences to provide a non-domestic television programme services; (13) holders of licenses granted under Part IIIA of the Telecommunications

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 61 - Ordinance (Cap. 106) (sound broadcasting licences); (14) All Stars Sports Association Ltd.; (15) The Amateur Lyric Writers' Association of Hong Kong; (16) Artiste Training Alumni Association Limited; (17) (18) Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Limited; (19) Friends of the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Limited; (20) The Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art; (21) (22) HK Film Directors' Guild Ltd.; (23) Hong Kong Anthropological Society; (24) Hong Kong Archaeological Society; (25) (26) The Hong Kong Children's Choir; (27) Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra; (28) Hong Kong Chinese Press Association; (29) Hong Kong & Macau Cinema and Theatrical Enterprise Association Limited; (30) Hong Kong Cinematography and Television Lighting Association Limited; (31) (32) Hong Kong Curators Association; (33) Hong Kong Dance Company Limited; (34) Hong Kong Federation of Journalists Ltd.; (35) Hong Kong Festival Fringe Ltd.; (36) Hong Kong Film Academy; (37) Hong Kong Film Arts Association Limited; (38) (39) Hong Kong History Society; (40) Hong Kong Intellectual Property Society; (41) Hong Kong Journalists Association; (42) (43) The Hong Kong Mass Media Professionals Association Ltd.; (44) Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society; (45) Hong Kong News Executives' Association, Limited.; (46) Hong Kong PEN (English) Centre; (47) Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild Ltd.; (48) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; (49) Hong Kong Press Photographers Association; (50) Hong Kong Recreation Management Association Limited; (51) Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Limited; (52) Hong Kong Screen Writers' Guild Ltd.; (53) Hong Kong Sports Association of the Deaf; (54) Hong Kong Sports Press Association Ltd.; (55) Hong Kong Stuntman Association Ltd.; (56) Hong Kong Tai Chi Association; (57) (58) Hong Kong United Arts Entertainment Co. Ltd.; (59) (60) Min Chiu Society; (61) (62) New Territories Regional Sports Association; (63) The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong;

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 62 - (64) Pop-Music Authors Society of Hong Kong; (65) Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch; (66) Sail Training Association of Hong Kong Limited; (67) Society of Cinematographers (Hong Kong) Limited; (68) Society of Film Editors (HK) Ltd.; (69) South China Film Industry Workers Union; (70) South China Research Circle; (71) Swimming Teacher's Association Hong Kong; (72) (73) Videotage; (74) Zuni Icosahedron; (75) Federation of Hong Kong Film Workers Limited; (76) Hong Kong Movie Production Executives Association Limited,

and

(b) if you are an individual member of a body listed at item 1(a) (7) to (9) above, you must have been an individual member for that body for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a corporate member of a body listed at item 1(a)(1) or (7) to (9) above, you must have been a corporate member of that body and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(d) if you are a body listed at item 1(a)(2), (4), (5), (10) or (11) above, you must have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

[Note: In item 1(a) above - (1) “ registered body” means a body which is registered or exempt from registration under, or incorporated by, any laws of Hong Kong; (2) “ relevant period”, in relation to a statutory body or registered body, means the period from 1 April 1994 to the date on which the statutory body or registered body applies for registration as an elector of the sports, performing arts, culture and publication FC; or if the statutory body or registered body applies for such registration on or after 18 July 2003, the period of 6 years immediately preceding the date on which it so applies; and (3) “statutory body” means a body established or constituted by or under the authority of an Ordinance.]

2. Who is eligible to be registered in the Sports sub-subsector

If you are a person or body listed at one of the items below, you may be registered only as a voter for the Sports sub-subsector:

(a) Statutory bodies and registered bodies (other than schools registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279) and bodies formed by such schools) that are members of the sports associations affiliated to the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China; (b) Sports associations affiliated to the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China but have no statutory bodies or registered bodies as members;

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 63 - (c) the following district sports associations: (1) Central & Western District Recreation & Sports Association; (2) Eastern District Recreation & Sports Advancement Association Ltd.; (3) The Federation of Tsuen Wan District Sports & Recreation Association Ltd.; (4) Islands District Sports Association; (5) Kowloon City District Recreation & Sports Council; (6) Kwai Tsing District Sports Association; (7) Kwun Tong Sports Promotion Association Ltd.; (8) Mong Kok District Cultural, Recreational and Sports Association Limited; (9) North District Sports Association; (10) Sai Kung District Sports Association Ltd.; (11) Sha Tin Sports Association Ltd.; (12) Sham Shui Po Sports Association; (13) Southern District Recreation & Sports Council; (14) Tai Po Sports Association Ltd.; (15) Tuen Mun Sports Association Limited; (16) Wanchai District Arts Cultural Recreation & Sports Association Ltd.; (17) Wong Tai Sin District Recreation & Sports Council; (18) Yaumatei and Tsimshatsui Recreation & Sports Association Ltd.; (19) Yuen Long District Sports Association Ltd.; (d) Hong Kong Sports Association of the Deaf;

(e) Hong Kong Sports Press Association Ltd.; (f) Hong Kong Tai Chi Association; (g) New Territories Regional Sports Association; (h) Sail Training Association of Hong Kong Limited; (i) Swimming Teacher's Association Hong Kong.

3. Who is eligible to be registered in the Performing Arts sub-subsector

If you are a person or body listed at one of the items below, you may be registered only as a voter for the Performing Arts sub-subsector:

(a) Members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body - (1) HK, Kln & NT Motion Picture Industry Association Ltd.; (2) Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd.; (3) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Hong Kong Group) Limited; (4) Movie Producers and Distributors Association of Hong Kong Ltd.; (5) Music Publishers Association of Hong Kong Ltd.; (6) Hong Kong Theatres Association Ltd.; (b) bodies that are holders of one or more of the following classes of licences granted under the Broadcasting Ordinance (Cap. 562) – (1) licences to provide a domestic free television programme service; (2) licences to provide a domestic pay television programme service; (3) licences to provide a non-domestic television programme service; (c) holders of licenses granted under Part IIIA of the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap. 106) (sound broadcasting licences); (d) All Stars Sports Association Ltd.;

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 64 - (e) The Amateur Lyric Writers' Association of Hong Kong; (f) Artiste Training Alumni Association Limited;

(g) Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Limited;

(h) HK Film Directors' Guild Ltd.;

(i) Hong Kong & Macau Cinema and Theatrical Enterprise Association Limited; (j) Hong Kong Cinematography and Television Lighting Association Limited;

(k) Hong Kong Film Academy; (l) Hong Kong Film Arts Association Limited; (m) Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild Ltd.; (n) Hong Kong Screen Writers' Guild Ltd.; (o) Hong Kong Stuntman Association Ltd.;

(p) Hong Kong United Arts Entertainment Co. Ltd.;

(q) Pop-Music Authors Society of Hong Kong; (r) Society of Cinematographers (Hong Kong) Limited; (s) Society of Film Editors (HK) Ltd.; (t) South China Film Industry Workers Union; (u) Federation of Hong Kong Film Workers Limited; (v) Hong Kong Movie Production Executives Association Limited.

4. Who is eligible to be registered in the Culture sub-subsector

If you are a person or body listed at one of the items below, you may be registered only as a voter for the Culture sub-subsector:

(a) Bodies listed in a Gazette notice currently in force made under section 3(5) of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Ordinance (Cap. 472) as organizations for the purpose of section 3(4) of that Ordinance; (b) Statutory bodies and registered bodies, the primary goal of which is the promotion of arts, and to which grants, sponsorship or performance fees have been approved by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Urban Council, the Regional Council, the Provisional Urban Council or the Provisional Regional Council, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Home Affairs Bureau during the relevant period; (c) One of the district arts and culture associations listed below: (1) Central and Western District Association for Culture and Arts; (2) Eastern District Arts Council; (3) Kowloon City District Arts and Culture Council; (4) Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District Culture and Arts Co-ordinating Association Limited; (5) Kwun Tong District Culture and Recreation Promotion Association; (6) North District Arts Advancement Association Limited; (7) Sai Kung Culture & Recreational Advancement Association; (8) Sha Tin Arts Association Limited; (9) Shamshuipo Arts Association; (10) Southern District Arts and Culture Association Limited; (11)Tai Po District Arts Advancement Association; (12) Tsuen Wan Culture & Recreation Co-ordinating Association Limited;

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 65 - (13) Tuen Mun Arts Promotion Association; (14) Wong Tai Sin District Arts Council; (15) Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui Culture and Arts Association Limited; (16) Yuen Long District Arts Committee; (d) Friends of the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Limited; (e) The Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art; (f) Hong Kong Anthropological Society; (g) Hong Kong Archaeological Society; (h) The Hong Kong Children's Choir; (i) Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra; (j) Hong Kong Curators Association; (k) Hong Kong Dance Company Limited; (l) Hong Kong Festival Fringe Ltd.; (m) Hong Kong History Society; (n) Hong Kong Intellectual Property Society; (o) Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society; (p) Hong Kong PEN (English) Centre; (q) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; (r) Hong Kong Recreation Management Association Limited; (s) Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Limited; (t) Min Chiu Society; (u) Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch; (v) South China Research Circle; (w) Videotage; (x) Zuni Icosahedron.

5. Who is eligible to be registered in the Publication sub-subsector

If you are a person or body listed at one of the items below, you may be registered only as a voter for the Publication sub-subsector:

(a) Members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body - (1) Educational Booksellers' Association, Limited; (2) The Anglo-Chinese Textbook Publishers Organisation Limited; (3) The Hong Kong Educational Publishers Association Limited; (4) The Hong Kong Publishers and Distributors Association; (5) Hong Kong Book & Magazine Trade Association Limited; (6) Hongkong Book and Stationery Industry Association Company Limited; (b) Members of the Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited (other than those referred to in paragraph (a)) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Federation; (c) Corporate proprietors, the principal business of which is publication, registered under the Registration of Local Newspapers Ordinance (Cap. 268); (d) Corporate proprietors of newspaper distributors licensed under the Newspapers Registration and Distribution Regulations (Cap. 268 sub. leg.); (e) Hong Kong Chinese Press Association; (f) Hong Kong Federation of Journalists Ltd.; (g) Hong Kong Journalists Association; (h) The Hong Kong Mass Media Professionals Association Ltd.; (i) Hong Kong News Executives' Association, Limited; (j) Hong Kong Press Photographers Association; (k) The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 66 -

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 67 -

6. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

7. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 68 - you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication FC and the subsector of your choice.

8. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 69 - Appendix 25

Registration in the Textiles and Garment Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) Subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of persons or bodies :

(1) corporate members of the Textile Council of Hong Kong Limited (other than those referred to in paragraph (2)(i) to (xii)) entitled to vote at general meetings of the council; (2) corporate members of - (i) Federation of Hong Kong Cotton Weavers; (ii) Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers; (iii) Hong Kong Chinese Textile Mills Association; (iv) Hong Kong Cotton Made-up Goods Manufacturers Association Ltd.; (v) Hong Kong Cotton Spinners Association; (vi) Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association Ltd.; (vii) Hong Kong Knitwear Exporters & Manufacturers Association Ltd.; (viii) Hong Kong Woollen & Synthetic Knitting Manufacturers’ Association, Ltd.; (ix) Hong Kong Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers & Finishers Ltd.; (x) Hong Kong Weaving Mills Association; (xi) Hongkong Wool & Synthetic Spinners Association Ltd.; (xii) The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Limited, entitled to vote at general meetings of the respective bodies; (3) members of Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institution; (4) Textiles & Clothing manufacturers registered under the Factory Registration of the Trade Department for the purpose of applying for the certificate of Hong Kong origin; (5) textiles traders who are registered by the Director-General of Trade as Textiles Traders pursuant to regulation 5A of the Import and Export (General) and Industry Regulations (Cap. 60 sub. leg.) and have been so registered for a period of 12 months immediately before making the application for registration as an elector and are carrying on business of - (i) importing textiles from any country or place; (ii) exporting textiles that are not entitled to a certificate of Hong Kong origin to any country or place; or (iii) exporting textiles that are entitled to a certificate of Hong Kong origin to a country or place with which Hong Kong does not have a bilateral textiles agreement to control exports of textiles from Hong Kong to the country or place,

and

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 70 - (b) if you are an individual member of a body listed at item 1(a)(3) above, you must have been its individual member for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a corporate member of a body listed at item 1(a)(1) or (2) above, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(d) if you are a body listed at item 1(a)(4) or (5) above, you must have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 71 -

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Textiles and Garment FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Textiles and Garment FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Textiles and Garment FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Textiles and Garment FC and the subsector of your choice.

4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 72 - (c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 73 - Appendix 26

Registration in the Tourism Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector (Tourism subsector) (Hotel subsector)

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of bodies:

(1) travel industry members of the body known immediately before 1 April 2001 as the Hong Kong Tourist Association, entitled immediately before that date, under the constitution of that body in force immediately before that date, to vote at general meetings of that body; (2) members of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong entitled to vote at general meetings of the Council; (3) members of The Board of Airline Representatives in Hong Kong; (4) members of the Hong Kong Hotels Association entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; (5) members of the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners entitled to vote at general meetings of the Federation, and

(b) if your body has been its corporate member and has been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Who is eligible to be registered in the Tourism subsector

If your body is a body listed at item 1(a)(1), (2) or (3) above, your body is eligible to be registered in the Tourism subsector. If, at the same time, your body is also a body listed at item 1(a)(4) or (5) above, your body will be registered in the Hotel subsector and not in the Tourism subsector.

3. Who is eligible to be registered in the Hotel subsector

If your body is a body listed at item 1(a)(4) or (5) above, your body is eligible to be registered in the Hotel subsector. Your body will be so registered even if your body is also a body listed at item 1(a)(1), (2) or (3).

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm - 74 -

4. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

5. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Tourism FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Tourism FC and the subsector of your choice.

6. What application form should be used

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(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

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Registration in the Transport Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are one of the following bodies :

(1) VINCI Park Services Hong Kong Limited; (2) Airport Authority Hong Kong; (3) (4) Articulated & Commercial Vehicle's Instructors Union; (5) The Association of N.T. Radio Taxicabs Ltd.; (6) Autotoll Limited; (7) The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong; (8) China Merchants Shipping & Enterprises Co. Ltd.; (9) China Tollways Ltd.; (10) Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Holdings) Co. Ltd.; (11) Chuen Kee Ferry Ltd.; (12) Chuen Lee Radio Taxis Association Ltd.; (13) Citybus Ltd.; (14) Coral Sea Ferry Service Co., Ltd.; (15) COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited; (16) CTOD Association Company Ltd.; (17) Turbojet Ferry Services (Guangzhou) Limited; (18) Discovery Bay Transportation Services Ltd.; (19) Driving Instructors Merchant Association Ltd.; (20) Eastern Ferry Co.; (21) Expert Fortune Ltd.; (22) Far East Hydrofoil Co. Ltd.; (23) Fat Kee Stevedores Ltd.; (24) The Fraternity Association of N.T. Taxi Merchants; (25) Fraternity Taxi Owners Association; (26) G.M.B. Maxicab Operators General Association Ltd.; (27) The Goods Vehicle Fleet Owners Association Ltd.; (28) Happy Taxi Operator's Association Ltd.; (29) HKS Parking Limited; (30) Hoi Kong Container Services Co. Ltd.; (31) (32) Hon Wah Public Light Bus Association Ltd.; (33) Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited; (34) Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry Ltd.; (35) Hong Kong & Kowloon Goods Vehicle Omnibuses and Minibuses Instructors' Association Ltd.; (36) Hong Kong & Kowloon Motor Boats and Tug Boats Association Ltd.; (37) Hong Kong & Kowloon Radio Car Owners Association Ltd.; (38) Hong Kong and Kowloon Rich Radio Car Service Centre Association Ltd.; (39) Hong Kong & Kowloon Taxi Companies Association Limited;

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2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and (2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC, by more than one corporate elector; or (2) in respect of the subsector, by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Transport FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(c) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Transport FC and the subsector of your choice.

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4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

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Registration in the Wholesale and Retail Functional Constituency (“FC”) and Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are a member of one of the following bodies :

(1) The Anglo-Chinese Vegetable Wholesale Merchants Association Limited; (2) Association of Better Business & Tourism Services; (3) Cheung Sha Wan Poultry United Wholesalers Association Ltd.; (4) Chinese Medicine Merchants Association Ltd.; (5) Chinese Merchants (H.K.) Association; (6) Chinese Paper Merchants Association; (7) The Cosmetic & Perfumery Association of Hong Kong Ltd.; (8) Eastern District Fresh Fish Merchants' Society, (9) Federation of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Hawkers Associations; (10) The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades and Industries Ltd.; (11) HK Vegetable Wholesaler Community; (12) Hong Kong and Kowloon Bamboo Goods Merchants Association Limited; (13) Hong Kong and Kowloon Electrical Appliances Merchants Association Ltd.; (14) Hong Kong & Kowloon Electro-Plating Trade Merchants Association Ltd.; (15) Hong Kong & Kowloon European Dress Merchants Association; (16) Hong Kong & Kowloon Fresh Water Fish Merchants' & Buyers' Association Limited; (17) Hong Kong & Kowloon Fruit & Vegetable Employees & Employers Guild; (18) Hong Kong & Kowloon Furniture & Shop Fittings Merchants Association; (19) Hong Kong & Kowloon General Association of Liquor Dealers and Distillers; (20) Hong Kong & Kowloon Machine Made Paper Merchants Association Ltd.; (21) Hong Kong and Kowloon Machinery and Instrument Merchants Association Ltd.; (22) Hong Kong & Kowloon Marine Products Merchants Association Ltd.; (23) Hong Kong & Kowloon Plastic Products Merchants United Association Limited; (24) Hong Kong & Kowloon Poultry Dealers Guild; (25) The Hong Kong & Kowloon Provisions, Wine & Spirit Dealers' Association; (26) Hong Kong & Kowloon Rattan Ware Merchants Association (Wing-Hing-Tong); (27) The Hong Kong and Kowloon Rice Retailers' General Association Ltd.; (28) Hong Kong and Kowloon Salt Merchants' Association; (29) Hong Kong & Kowloon Sauce & Preserved-Fruit Amalgamated Employers Association; (30) Hong Kong & Kowloon Tea Trade Merchants Association Ltd.; (31) Hong Kong & Kowloon Timber Merchants Association; (32) (33) Hong Kong & Kowloon Vermicelli & Noodle Manufacturing Industry Merchants' General Association; (34) Hong Kong Art Craft Merchants Association, Ltd.;

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entitled to vote at general meetings of the respective bodies,

and

(b) if you are an individual member of a body listed at item 1(a) above, you must have been its individual member for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a corporate member of a body listed at item 1(a) above, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of Authorized Representative(s) (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) in respect of the FC- (i) by more than one FC corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered;

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(2) in respect of the subsector- (i) by more than one subsector corporate elector; or (ii) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC or subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Wholesale and Retail FC again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(b) If you are also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Chinese Medicine; (2) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; (3) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association,

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 5 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Wholesale and Retail FC and the subsector of your choice.

If you are a body

(c) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in another FC, or as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(d) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Wholesale and Retail FC again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the FC.

(e) If your body is also eligible to be registered in one of the following subsectors:

(1) Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong; (2) Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association; (3) Social Welfare (the part for corporate bodies only),

you may choose to be registered in one of these subsectors by indicating your choice in Section 2 of the application form. In this case, you will be registered in the Wholesale and Retail FC and the subsector of your choice.

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4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41(Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42(Orange) (“Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in this FC and an EC subsector, and to appoint AR(s). In case you wish to appoint the same AR for casting votes in the FC and the subsector elections, there is NO NEED to complete Section 4 of the form.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR(s).

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1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are a member of one of the following bodies:

(1) The Hong Kong Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Limited; (2) The International General Chinese Herbalists and Medicine Professional Association Limited; (3) Sin-Hua Herbalists’ and Herb Dealers’ Promotion Society Limited; (4) The Society of Practitioners of Chinese Herbal Medicine Limited; (5) The Hong Kong T.C.M. Orthopaedic and Traumatic Association Limited; (6) The Hong Kong Federation of China of Traditional Chinese Medicine; (7) The Hong Kong Acupuncturists Association; (8) The Hong Kong Chinese Herbalists Association Limited; (9) The Association of Hong Kong and Kowloon Practitioners of Chinese Medicine Limited; (10) The Hong Kong Chinese Overseas Physician Association,

who are Chinese medicine practitioners entitled to vote at the general meetings of the respective bodies.

2. Points to note

You do not need to apply to be registered in the Chinese Medicine subsector again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the subsector.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41EC(Purple) (“Application by an individual for registration in an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in an EC subsector.

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1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered if you are a Hong Kong member of the National Committee of the CPPCC.

2. Points to note

You do not need to apply to be registered in the CPPCC subsector again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the subsector.

3. What application form should be used

Please use Form REO-41EC(Purple) (“Application by an individual for registration in an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in an EC subsector.

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1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered

(a) if you are a member of the Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong entitled to vote at the general meetings of the Federation,

and

(b) if you have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of an Authorized Representative (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR by more than one subsector corporate voter.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

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4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42EC(Green) (“Application by a body for registration in an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in an EC subsector, and to appoint an AR.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR.

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1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered

(a) if you are a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association entitled to vote at the general meetings of the Federation;

and

(b) if you are an individual member of the Association, you must have been its individual member for at least 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

(c) if you have been a corporate member of the Association, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for at least 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

2. Appointment of an Authorized Representative (“AR”) (for body only)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) by more than one subsector corporate voter; or

(2) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

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(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

3. Points to note

If you are an individual

(a) You do not need to apply to be registered in the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association subsector again if you have already been so registered in the existing final register of the subsector.

If you are a body

(b) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(c) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association subsector again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the subsector.

4. What application form should be used

If you are an individual

(a) Please use Form REO-41EC(Purple) (“Application by an individual for registration in an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in an EC subsector.

If you are a body

(b) Please use Form REO-42EC(Green) (“Application by a body for registration in an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in an EC subsector, and to appoint an AR.

(c) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR.

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Appendix 33 Registration in the Social Welfare Election Committee (“EC”) subsector

1. Who is eligible to be registered

You are eligible to be registered :

(a) if you are one of the following categories of bodies :

(1) corporate members of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service entitled to vote at general meetings of the Council; (2) exempted societies within the meaning of the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151) that have been operating with paid employees to provide service on a regular basis in accordance with the following aims for a period of 12 months immediately before making the application for registration as a voter - (i) to promote the co-ordination and improvement of social service activities; or (ii) to develop resources, such as manpower, funds and data, for social service activities; or (iii) to promote public understanding of social service needs and the role of the voluntary agencies in meeting those needs, and which publish their annual report and audited accounts or certified accounts with regards to annual income and expenditure; (3) non-profit making companies registered under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) that have been operating with paid employees to provide service on a regular basis in accordance with the following aims for a period of 12 months immediately before making the application for registration as a voter - (i) to promote the co-ordination and improvement of social service activities; or (ii) to develop resources, such as manpower, funds and data, for social service activities; or (iii) to promote public understanding of social service needs and the role of the voluntary agencies in meeting those needs, and which publish their annual report and audited accounts or certified accounts with regards to annual income and expenditure, and

(b) if you are a corporate member of a body listed at item 1(a)(1) above, you must have been its corporate member and have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration; or

(c) if you are a body listed at item 1(a)(2) or (3) above, you must have been operating for the 12 months immediately before the date of your application for registration.

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2. Appointment of an Authorized Representative (“AR”)

(a) Qualifications for an AR

The individual appointed by your body as your AR must :

(1) be registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector in a geographical constituency (for details, please refer to part II(1) and III of this Guidance Notes); and

(2) have a substantial connection with your body, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of your body.

(b) Restrictions of appointment of an AR

No individual shall be appointed as an AR :

(1) by more than one subsector corporate voter; or

(2) if he/she has been registered as an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

(c) Replacement of an AR

Your body may replace your appointed AR from time to time. This has to be done on Form REO-42R obtainable from the Registration and Electoral Office. The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the subsector concerned. In special circumstances, such as death, serious illness, physical or mental incapacity of an AR, the replacement may be accepted not later than 3 working days before the polling date.

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3. Points to note

(a) If an AR is eligible to be registered as an individual voter in another subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.

(b) Your body does not need to apply to be registered in the Social Welfare subsector again if it has already been so registered in the existing final register of the subsector.

4. What application form should be used

(a) Please use Form REO-42EC(Green) (“Application by a body for registration in an Election Committee subsector”) to apply for registration in an EC subsector, and to appoint an AR.

(b) The application must be signed by a responsible person of your body i.e. a person authorized by your body to make the application, and also signed by the AR.

Enquiry Hotline : 2891 1001 Fax : 2891 1180 Website : www.info.gov.hk/reo/index.htm

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