The Returning Officer of the sixth-term Chief Executive Election, Mr Justice Keith Yeung Kar-hung, today (April 13) received a nomination form from John Lee Ka-chiu.
The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee will, within seven days after the close of the nomination period, publish in the Gazette a notice of all validly nominated candidates.
A candidate's nomination must be subscribed by not less than 188 members of the Election Committee, with not less than 15 members of the Election Committee in each of the five sectors.
The nomination period, which started on April 3, will run until April 16. As April 15 and 16 are both general holidays, the deadline for submitting the nomination form would be 5pm on April 14.
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