(3) SURVEY BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR
CONTINUING EDUCATION (9) : 8,000 QUESTIONNAIRES
WERE DISTRIBUTED, AND 5,068 WERE COMPLETED AND
RETURNED, 96% OF WHICH WERE BY RESPONDENTS AGED
15 45. OF THE RESPONDENTS, 14% ACCEPTED THE
DRAFT AGREEMENT UNCONDITIONALLY: 39% ACCEPTED IT
WITH SOME RESERVATIONS AND 44% ACCEPTED FOR WANT
OF A BETTER ALTERNATIVE.
(C) SURVEY BY THE NEW HONG KONG RESEARCHERS LTD (10)
(D)
: THIS WAS A STREET POLL IN WHICH 4,516
RESPONDENTS AGED 20 OR OVER WERE INTERVIEWED AT
VARIOUS VANTAGE POINTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN
KOWLOON. 27% OF THE RESPONDENTS DID NOT
UNDERSTAND THE DRAFT AGREEMENT, BUT 92% OF THOSE
WHO DID UNDERSTAND ACCEPTED IT.
SURVEY BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG: THIS WAS A
TELEPHONE SURVEY SEEKING THE VIEWS OF ELECTED
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ON THE DRAFT AGREEMENT.
116 OUT OF A TOTAL OF 132 ELECTED DISTRICT BOARD
MEMBERS RESPONDED. 97% OF THEM FOUND THE DRAFT
AGREEMENT ACCEPTABLE.
(8)
(9)
SURVEY RESEARCH HONG KONG LTD (SRH) IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST MARKET RESEARCH COMPANIES IN
HONG KONG.
HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR CONTINUING
EDUCATION IS A GROUP INTERESTED IN
EDUCATIONAL ISSUES WITH ABOUT 200 INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS AND ABOUT 30 ORGANIZATION MEMBERS.
(10) NEW HONG KONG RESEARCHERS LTD IS A NEWLY
FORMED ORGANIZATION WITH ABOUT 200 MEMBERS, SOME BEING PROFESSIONALS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND
BUSINESSMEN.
(E)
SURVEYS INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE : SIX
SURVEYS, COVERING A TOTAL OF 4,200
RESPONDENTS AGED BELOW 25, WERE CONDUCTED BY
STUDENT UNIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS. ALL THE
TOPICS IN THE DRAFT AGREEMENT WERE FOUND
ACCEPTABLE AND THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS
HAD CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE BUT
EXPRESSED A WISH FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS AND
PARTICIPATION IN DRAFTING THE BASIC LAW.
SECRET-22-
13.17.