Mr Tsang said even if the government adopts the Democratic Party's proposal, which involves direct elections for district council functional constituency seats, there's no need to defer the tabling of the motions in Legco on Wednesday. That's because the party's proposal involves only local legislation and it would not require any change to the motions.

The Chief Executive said the government is still meeting with different political parties to lobby for the 40 votes it needs in Legco for the package to be passed.

Mr Tsang was speaking at a rally in Victoria Park organised by the pro-government Alliance for Constitutional Development to support the reform package. Organisers claimed more than 100,000 people took part.