More than 430 submissions on the methods for selecting the Chief Executive in 2007 and for forming the Legislative Council in 2008 have been received in the consultation on the Constitutional Development Task Force's fourth report.

Closing today, the submissions include 180 from organisations, and the rest from individuals. All, except those requesting confidentiality, will be published when the fifth report is issued.

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.