REPORT OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE: MAIN CONCLUSIONS
Reaction to the invitation to comment on the draft agreement has been vigorous and sustained and the views received provided a
credible basis on which to make an
assessment:
the response has come from a wide cross-section of the community
the views expressed have in the main been well presented and
carefully thought out.
the number of submissions from all sources, both direct and indirect, totals 3,557: of these 2,494 have been sent directly to the office and 1,063 are items monitored through the media.
of the direct submissions, 1,815 came from individuals and 679 from organisations or groups representing very large numbers of
people.
Most of the people of Hong Kong find the draft agreement acceptable. This conclusion is supported by the consistency of the views
expressed:
the overall picture from reports by and through the media is one
of general acceptance.
all the principal representative bodies have unequivocally placed on record their view that the draft agreement is acceptable.
the overwhelming majority of organisations and groups which expressed their views found the draft agreement acceptable.
most of the individuals who expressed a view on the question of overall acceptability found the draft agreement acceptable.
the findings of various independent opinion surveys indicated general acceptance.