Nomination period for HKSAR chief executive election to start on April 3

  Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, April 1 (Reporter Cha Wenye) According to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Information Service on the 1st, the nomination period for the election of the sixth chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will start on April 3 and end on April 16.

Elections will be held on May 8.

  The Electoral Affairs Commission has appointed Mr Justice Yeung Ka-hung of the Court of First Instance of the High Court as the Returning Officer for this election.