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(II) As regards the dia sotions in which the community of
Hong Kong should develop during the ransition period (1984 - 1997),
the students were asked to indicate how far they agreed or disagreed with 6 proposed directions for development:
(1) "Gradual adoption of popular elections for the Legislative
and Executive Councils".
The most popular answer was "agree". 1,207
respondents gave this answer, representing 50.7% of the valid questionnaires, If this figure were added to the 991 students (41.6% of all valid qeustionnaires) who "strongly agree", the total no. of respondents who favoured this proposal would account for 92.3% of all valid questionnaires.
(2) "Expansion of power of distriot boards". The most popular
answer was "agree". 1,259 respondents gave this answer, representing 52.9% of all valid questionnaires. If this figure were added to the 455 students (19.1% of all valid questionnaires) who "strongly agree", the total no. of respondents who favoured this proposed direction would aooount for 72% of all valid questionnaires. 517 students remained "neutral", representing 21.7% of all valid questionnaires.
(3) "Localization in upper echelon of the Civil Servi08."
The most popular answer was "agree". 1,093 respondents gave this answer,
If this figure ware representing 45.9% of all "valid questionnaires".
added to the 1,034 students (43.4% of all valid questionnaires) who
strongly free", the total no. of respondents who favoured this proposed direction would account for 89.3% of all "valid questionnaires".
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