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6.
Opinion polls demonstrate reasonable approval
for other "democratic" elements in the 1992
constitutional package but not for District Board reforms:
ratings
HKU Poll, 23/24 September
(a) At least half the
respondents approved the
1992 proposals on single seat/single vote
constituencies (50 per cent) and a lower
voting age (51 per cent).
(b)
However, a majority opposed the abolition of
appointed members from District Boards (29 per
cent for, 45 per cent against).
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7.
HKG has refrained from
modified
publishing in full its
constitutional package. As a result, opinion polls
have not been able to identify in detail public preferences
between the 1992 package and the modified version.
8.
Nevertheless,
opinion polls demonstrate public
confidence in HKG's
management of the Peking talks and
public commitment to the original 1992 constitutional
package:
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