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material

times both

A GB

McNair and

the

Survey

Office knew

perfectly

well that the

options

in the

Questionnaire

were

exactly the same

as those contained in

the

Green

Paper,

which

was

public a

document.

Further,

if

the

contents

of the

to the

as public

requested,

* Questionnaire had been disclosed

the Questionnaire would certainly have been improved.

public could have sent in their submissions by dealing

specific issues raised in the Questionnaire.

And the

with the

Sir, in light of the many faults and failures

in the

two

public opinion

surveys,

the

people

entitled to

clear answer because the Survey

ask: "What has gone wrong?"

Office,

But SO

of Hong Kong

far there is

are

no

the Administation and

A GB

McNair all

appe ar to

be

no

It

seems

the many

generated

of problems

by the

Green

Paper

which was

the

Administration

Paper were never

and

that

the

contained options

in

the Green

intended

to

be used

as

a

model for

a

questionnaire.

And the

Survey Office, which was

set up by the

Governor, for some inexplicable reasons had allowed

AGB McNair had, also for some

the surveys

another. Certainly,

trying to pass the buck to

explanation satisfactory

offered to the Omelco Panel

fact that several meetings had

by these parties despite the the

been convened.

that

the surveys conducted by AGB McNair were

by drafted

on e

has

been

to

ahead go

well

knowing

that

inexplicable

reasons,

decided to adhere

strictly

to

the

wordings of

the options in the Summary of the Green Paper.

A

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