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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1991
"MOST PEOPLE BELIEVED IT WAS TO ENABLE PROPLE ΤΟ UNDERSTAND AND UPHOLD CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICS, THUS ENHANCING THE CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE," DR TSE SAID.
TURNING TO THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS FACING HONG KONG, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION WAS UPPERMOST IN THEIR MINDS. THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THOSE WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN THE 1988 SURVEY WHICH WAS 11 PER CENT.
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THE OTHER MAJOR CONCERN AMONG 21 PER CENT OF THOSE WAS HONG KONG'S FUTURE BEYOND 1997. THIS AGAIN SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY WHICH WAS 11 PER CENT.
ONLY TWO PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS COULD PROBLEMS OF CONCERN, WHICH WAS MUCH LOWER THAN THE PER CENT.
NOT NOMINATE ANY 1988 SURVEY'S 20
TWO-THIRDS OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY CONSIDERED CERTAIN PROBLEMS AS MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE PROBLEMS CONCERNED HONG KONG OR THEIR DISTRICTS, WHILE ONE-THIRD SAID BECAUSE THESE PROBLEMS CONCERNED THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES.
ON "THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG", 59 PER CENT FELT THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG DID NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC LAW · AND 54 PER CENT OF THESE RESPONDENTS SAW NO WAY OF INCREASING RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF OR INTEREST IN THE BASIC LAW.
BUT OF THOSE WHO FELT OTHERWISE, MOST SUGGESTED THE USE OF THE MASS MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR TELEVISION, TO IMPROVE RESIDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT.
ON THE MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE'S FREEDOMS AFTER 1997, MOST RESPONDENTS QUOTED THESE FACTORS AS BEING VERY IMPORTANT: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS, A DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM, GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA, THE BASIC LAW, THE RULE OF LAW, HONG KONG'S CONTRIBUTION TO CHINA'S ECONOMY AND INTERNATIONAL MONITORING.
THE FIRST TWO FACTORS WERE NOMINATED BY MOST (24 PER CENT) BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT.
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PROSPERITY AFTER 1997, THE MAJORITY OF FOLLOWING: SOLVING OF THE BRAIN DRAIN PROBLEM, A STABLE HARMONIOUS SOCIETY, MAINTENANCE OF THE FREE MARKET ECONOMY, OF LAW AND A DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM.
* BUT "A STABLE AND HARMONIOUS SOCIETY" WAS NOMINATED BY (29 PER CENT) AS BEING MOST IMPORTANT.
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