Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Leung Chun-ying, called on Monday for full respect for the rule of law and the constitutional framework governing the special administrative region's election overhaul.

Leung's appeal came after authorities cleared the last two illegal occupation protest sites.

By Monday evening, all that remained from the 79-day divisive occupation movement were about a dozen tents and some messy piles of furniture left on a sidewalk outside the Legislative Council complex in Admiralty district.