The Government today published details of the nomination period for the upcoming Rural By-election in the Gazette.

Fifty-eight Rural Representative vacancies will be open for nominations from October 22 to November 4.

The by-election will return a Resident Representative for each of the 35 existing Villages, an Indigenous Inhabitant Representative for each of the 22 Indigenous Villages, and a Kaifong Representative for one Market Town on Cheung Chau.

Nomination forms are available from the Home Affairs Department, New Territories District Offices and on the Rural Representative Election website.

Completed nomination forms must be submitted in person to the Returning Officer of the relevant village by November 4.

A gazette notice on valid nominations will be published within 14 days following the nomination period. Each validly nominated candidate will be informed separately.

If there is more than one validly nominated candidate for the same village or market town, a poll will be held for that location on December 1.

Call 2152 1521 for enquiries.