Nominations for the 2007 District Council Election will run October 2 to 15. One elected member for each of the 405 constituencies in the 18 districts will be returned in the polls to be held November 18.

The Registration & Electoral Office today said a candidate must be a registered geographical constituency elector aged 21 or above and have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the three years immediately before nomination.

Nominations must be subscribed by 10 registered electors of the constituency concerned. Each elector can subscribe to only one nomination.

Nominees must hand in the completed nomination form, together with an election deposit of $3,000 in person to their returning officer within the nomination period. Nominations are accepted from 9am to 5pm, Mondays to Fridays, and from 9am to noon on Saturdays.

District Officers have been appointed as Returning Officers for the election in their respective district.