In respect of the five new District Council functional constituency seats, the nomination threshold of 15 elected District Councillors is low and will enable different political parties as well as independent candidates to take part in the election, Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam says.
Speaking after a radio programme today, Mr Lam said having a list of five candidates on average means each candidate only needs to have three nominations. This is significantly below the threshold of 10 nominations for a candidate to join any particular functional constituency election.
The proposed $6 million limit in election expenses that can be received by a list of candidates is enough to reach electors in all 18 districts.
