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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
J