Ten Village Representative vacancies will be open to nominations for by-election candidates from December 2 to 15.

The by-elections will cover four Indigenous Inhabitant Representative and six Resident Representative posts for 10 villages.

The Home Affairs Department said if there is more than one validly nominated candidate for the same village, a poll will be held on January 8.

To run in the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative by-elections, a candidate must be an indigenous inhabitant as well as an elector of the indigenous village and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong.

As for the Resident Representative by-elections, a candidate must be a resident of the existing village and have resided there for six years immediately preceding the nomination. He or she must also be an elector of the village.

All candidates of both categories must be permanent Hong Kong residents aged 21 or above.

Nobody is allowed to stand as a candidate in more than one village. Each candidate must be nominated by at least five electors from that village. Each elector may nominate only one candidate for his or her village.
 

Nomination forms will be available at the Public Enquiry Services Centres of all District Offices, the Home Affairs Department and the Village Representative Elections' website.

Nomination forms must be submitted in person to the Returning Officer, that is, the District Officer of the respective Village by 5pm December 15. For enquiries call 2152 1521.