Plan unveiled for top leader's election

The Hong Kong government has revealed its blueprint to implement universal suffrage in the election of the city's chief executive in 2017.

Subject to approval by the local legislature, the election overhaul would fulfill the ultimate aim prescribed in Hong Kong's Basic Law.

Hong Kong's constitutional reform entered a critical juncture after the chief secretary for administration, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuetngor, presented a draft resolution outlining universal suffrage to the city's Legislative Council on Wednesday.