(from left to right) Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam Chi-yuen, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung, and Under Secretary for Constitutional

(from left to right) Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam Chi-yuen, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung, and Under Secretary for Constitutional and Maninland Affairs Lau Kong-wah, hold a press conference of the consultation of electing the future Hong Kong leader at a news conference at the Hong Kong government headquarters. Hong Kong's leader formally proposed electoral reforms to Beijing on Tuesday, although he stopped short of recommending specific changes ahead of an election in the Asian financial centre in 2017 for its next chief executive. 15JUL14 (Photo by Felix Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)