Election Committee election nominations open today; FTU fields 46 candidates including Kwok Wai-keung and Luk Chung-hung

Nominations for the Election Committee election to be held in November open today. The Federation of Trade Unions is fielding 46 union representatives to run in the labour sector, including Kwok Wai-keung and Luk Chung-hung, who both failed to secure re-election in the current term. The FTU has put forward a 13-point platform, including a vigorous crackdown on illegal labour. The Federation of Trade Unions and civil servant groups also released their lists of candidates for the labour sector yesterday.