(ii) Concerning the improvement of
livelihood, the respondents expressed
that the government should take prompt action on the following: -
(a) most urgent: to implement a
comprehensive social security system, to control inflation and review of wages (over 65% of mailed questionaires and interviews) (b) urgent: a permanent, independent
and self-contained unit for every household, monitoring of the public facilities by the citizens (over 30% of mail questionaires and interviews) (c) less urgent: Chinese be the official language, improvement of medical and social welfare provision (less than 35% of mail questionaires and interviews)
(d) others: improvement of education.
system and law and order (Mail Questionaires: 5.7%, Interviews: 4.7%). (Table 3.2)
(4) Formulation of the Fundamental Law
"Mini-constitution"
On the formulation of the Fundamental Law or Mini-constitution, 60% of the respondents demanded for active participation on the part of the Hong Kong people. This included the involvement of representatives of Hong Kong people at the drafting stage, and the adoption of amendment to the constitution with the consent of local residents.
5.1% (8.9%) refrained from giving opinions on this questions.
Table 4.1
Q7. Which of the following are the most important in the process of
formulating a Fundamental Laws (or mini Constitution) for the future government of Hong Kong: (you may choose more than one answer from the following.)
Interview %
Questionaire%
1. The draft of the fundamental Laws must be thoroughly discussed by the people in HK before it is finalized
65.0
65.8
2. Once approved these Fundamental Laws should only be
amended with the consent of HK people
64.2
72.0
3. HK people must participate in the drafting of the
Fundamental Laws
61.6
73.7
4. The Fundamental Laws should only be adopted after
a plebiscite
60.0
66.1
5. Others
3.0
1.5
Fe040/1727.