Four vacancies were identified in the following subsectors:[1]
Architectural, Surveying and Planning Subsector, as Kaizer Lau Ping-cheung, being a Legislative Council member, was deemed to have resigned from the Election Committee on 21 September 2001;
Heung Yee Kuk Subsector, as Tsang Ngan-hoi had died on 25 August 2001; and
Legal Subsector, as Audrey Eu Yuet-mee, being a Legislative Council member, was deemed to have resigned from the Election Committee on 21 September 2001.