i
Education
junior
senior
of worrying respondents illiterate primary
secondary
secondary
post- secondary
Living standard
25.0
35.1
38.0
33.9
31.3
personal freedom
22.2
58.2
41.2
41.7
50.0
liberties
22.2
34.0
37.2
40.9
34.4
economic structure
25.0
41.4
49.6
55.9
50.0
judicial independence
19.4
36.6
40.5
54.3
56.3
interference from PRC
22.2
47.4
63.6
67.6
65.6
table 4 percentage of worrying respondents in each education
group in each aspect.
From the above table, we find that the general trend is that the higher
the level of education, the more chance that the respondent worries,
especially for the aspects of Judicial independence, Chinese interference
and personal freedom.
3.1.3 Varying level of acceptance with worries.
To find the relation between the respondents' acceptance and worries,
we have the following tabulation.
%
worry
accept group
do not worry
Acceptance
do not accept group
worry
do not worry
living standard
34.8
55.0
50.0
46.2
personal freedom
38.0
57.0
57.7
34.6
liberties
34.0
56.5
50.0
38.5
economic structure
48.0
42.3
50.0
50.0
judicial independence 42.3
46.3
65.4
30.8
interference from PRC 57.8
35.8
69.2
19.2
table 5 relation between the respondents' acceptance and
worries.
From the figures, it can be seen that more than half (57.8%) of
those who accept the formula of 'HK people ruling HK' worry over interference
from China while the percentage of those who do not accept the formula
and worry is even higher 69.2. In fact in all the six aspects, we find
more than half of the 'do not accept' group state that they worry.
3.1.4 Ideal way of ruling Hong Kong after 1997.
When asked of their choice, if they have it, of the ideal way of
ruling Hong Kong after 1997, 26.4% of those who answered give British
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