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(viii) Hong Kong Future
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52% of people said that they had confidence that Hong Kong will continue to be prosperous and stable (9% a great deal of confidence and 43% some confidence). 39% said they did not have confidence (35% little confidence and 4% no confidence at all), and 9% gave "don't know" answers.
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81% of respondents replied that they did not have any actual plan or action for emigrating to other countries, and 16% replied positively.
Comparison of survey results in the past four years
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Annex IV shows a comparison of the results on
perceived problems in Hong Kong, Government's overall performance and expectation of the general situation of the current survey with those since December 1985.
graphical presentation of selected findings.
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Annex V is a
Some observations from Annex IV are as follows :
(a) The percentage of respondents considering that there were problems in Hong Kong increased gradually from 44% in December 1985 to 70% in August 1989;
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Among people replying that there were problems in Hong Kong, the percentage mentioning "Hong Kong Future" as a problem remained at about 30% from 1986 to 1988 and jumped to 56% in August 1989;
"Transport-related problems" topped the list of problems of most concern to people personally in June and December 1988, then it declined to the fourth position in August 1989;