Frequently Asked Questions
By answering these frequently asked questions, we hope to help you better understand this nomination exercise. Please click on any question below to view the answer. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.
About HKADC and the Nomination Exercise
What is the purpose of this nomination exercise?
What is the length of the next term of office for the HKADC members?
Is the council member of the HKADC a salaried position?
Could you disclose the numbers of nominating bodies and voters recorded in the nomination exercises held in 2004 and 2007?
In the 2007 nomination exercise, how many representatives of arts interests were returned uncontested?
If I would like to make a complaint during the nomination exercise, who should I direct it to?
When and where can the public obtain application forms and guidelines during various phases of the nomination exercise?
How does the government disseminate news about the nomination exercise?
About registration of members of the nominating bodies
Our organisation was specified as a member of the nominating body in 2007. Do we need to re-register in 2010?
Our organisation was specified as a member of the nominating body in 2007 but subsequently changed its name. What should we do to maintain our membership?
Even though I hold a teaching qualification, I am currently working as an education officer for arts subjects at the Education Bureau rather than as a teacher. Am I eligible for registration as a nominating body or as a voter?
As an arts teacher, can I use my teaching subject as my selection of arts interest in the nomination exercise? For example, since I teach music, can I register my arts interest as “Music” instead of “Arts Education”?
Teaching staff of arts subjects in tertiary institutions may apply for registration as individual arts workers of the nominating body for the art interest of “Arts Education”. Could you please specify the related tertiary institutions?
About voter registration
I would like to view the full list of members of the nominating bodies in 2010, where can I find it?
Is it true that our arts organisation specified as a member of the nominating body can only select one representative to be registered as a voter in this nomination exercise?
As an individual member of a specified nominating body, can I apply for voter registration on my own?
As an employee of an arts organisation which has been specified as a member of the nominating body, am I eligible to be registered as a voter?
As a specified member of the nominating body, our arts organisation has not only individual members but also organisational/corporate members. Can we help these affiliated groups to register as voters?
I was a voter in the 2007 nomination exercise. Will that make me a voter in the 2010 nomination exercise automatically?
Can I register as a voter under more than one arts interest?
Our arts organisation has been specified as a member of the nominating body with multi-art-interest registration, how should we help our members /employees who belong to different arts interests to register as voters?
Even though the guidelines for voter registration state that members must have joined their arts organisations at least one year before the start date of the nomination exercise, will the government exercise discretion on certain special cases?
About candidate nomination
Could you please disclose the names of elected candidates in 2007 nomination exercise?
I wish to be a candidate in this nomination exercise, how many proposers do I need to obtain?
I am a voter registered under the arts interest of “Music”. Could I seek candidature or make nomination in other arts interests?
I would like to know the names of voters who have been registered under the same arts interest to which I belong. What should I do?
As a voter, can I nominate more than one voter as a candidate in this nomination exercise?
Can I apply for candidate nomination by mail, fax or email?
Can I withdraw my application for candidature after submission of application form?
About polling
How can voters get to know about the candidates before polling?
If I have lost my Hong Kong identity card, what other document proof of identity can I submit to the nomination agent so that I may retain my right as a voter?
How can I obtain the polling results?
Why does the nomination exercise adopt a “cross-interest” voting system？
