HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government was expected Wednesday to reveal its final framework for controversial leadership elections, predicted to stick to tight restrictions from Beijing which sparked mass protests last year.

China's decision that candidates for the city's chief executive should be nominated by a loyalist committee, ahead of a public vote, triggered student-led street rallies for more than two months till December.

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