The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee (CERC) today announced that the nomination of 100 candidates for the Election Committee (EC) Subsector By-elections and 10 nominations for EC members have been determined as valid. In addition, the CERC also determined eight registrations of ex-officio EC members as valid.

As regards the 93 vacancies in the EC membership to be returned by the 2025 EC Subsector By-elections, the Returning Officers (ROs) received a total of 101 nomination forms for candidates by the close of nominations.

Upon review, the CERC has determined 100 candidates as validly nominated. One candidate had passed away during the nomination period. The CERC thus determined his nomination as invalid in accordance with relevant electoral law.

As for the 10 members to be returned through supplementary nominations by designated bodies, the ROs received a total of eight nomination forms submitted by designated bodies, involving 11 nominees.

The CERC has determined 10 nominations, according to the priorities indicated by the designated bodies, are sufficient for filling the number of seats assigned to the subsectors.

Meanwhile, the Registration & Electoral Office (REO) has received eight registrations for ex-officio members. Upon review, the CERC has determined that these eight registrations are valid.

The subsectors involved engineering, medical and health services, social welfare, as well as architectural, surveying, planning & landscape.