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only 1/6 of a chance was given to the
respondents
to say that
direct elections should be introduced in 1988, that is, if they could understand that question.
Sir, let me say in this Council loud and clear that
it will be totally unfair for anybody to seek to place any
reliance on the results of these 2 public opinion surveys
conducted by A GB McNair HK Ltd. in so far as the all important
question of whether or not direct elections should be
introduced in 1988 is concerned. I do not accept the survey results not because they were contrary to my belief, but simply.
because they were based on
Questionnaire which has been
that
all.
faulted in so many ways. For how else can we explain the fact
other public opinion surveys conducted by other
professional survey companies throughout the relevant period
have arrived at a totally different result, namely, that the
supporters for the introduction of direct elections in 1988
have consistently out-numbered the opponents in the proportion
of approximately 2 to 1? The reason is obvious, these other
survey companies had not copied their questions from the
summary of the Green Paper, but had adopted a much simplier and
clearer questionnaire on this most important issue.
Sir, after So much time, effort and money had been
put into this political review, many people feel let down by
the two survey results,
perhaps because they had put too much
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