future leaders. 77.1% agree with gradual democratization, elections to
the Legislative and Executive Councils before 1997. Nearly seventy
percent (69.8%) want to speed up localization of top civil service.
%
yes
no
no idea
total
gradual democrat- ization
77.1
4.0
18.9
100
In the trans- ition period Government should prom= ate
improvement of life- quality
81.3
3.6
15.1
100
developement of fut-
ure leaders
78.6
4.6
16.8
100
localization of top
civil service
69.8
7.3
22.9
100
table 8: Actions that should be taken in the transition
period.
3.5 Opinions on life quality.
The three most improvement-needed aspects about life quality,
according to the respondents are 1) suppressing inflation rate and
rise in price level, and adjusting wage levels to maintain living
standard (64.1%); 2) putting through a thorough social security system
in full strength (60.8%); and 3) realizing as soon as possible the
ideal of self-contained, permanent living-units for every one in
Hong Kong (48.4%),
60.8
% 60
48.4
50
401
30
201
10
4.4
24.8
29.4
29.9
24.2
social living-
Chinese
security unit for as teach-
everyone
control
over mon-
ing medium
tackle
inflat- opolised ion enterpr.
care
medical social
welfare
fig. 6: Most needed improvements about life quality.
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