HK government receives 430 constitutional development submissions

The Hong Kong Constitutional Development Task Force has received more than 430 submissions on the methods for selecting the Chief Executive in 2007 and for forming the Legislative Council in 2008.

Closing on Tuesday, the submissions include 180 from organizations, and the rest from individuals. All, except those requesting confidentiality, will be published when the Constitutional Development Task Force issues the fifth report, according to a government press release on Tuesday.

The task force thanked the community for the views. It will process the submissions and consider them fully. It will publish the fifth report in the latter half of the year after consulting the new Chief Executive elected in July.

The fifth report will put forth a mainstream proposal for discussion by the public and the Legislative Council, with a view to arriving at a proposal that is feasible and acceptable to the community at large.

Source: Xinhua