THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1993
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PUBLIC CONFIDENT ABOUT FUTURE PROSPERITY POLL
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A RECENT OPINION POLL CONDUCTED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION FOUND THAT 75 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE WITH 68 SATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION IN HONG KONG, COMPARED PER CENT IN MARCH THIS YEAR.
RELEASING THE FINDINGS OF THE MAY 1993 TELEPHONE OPINION SURVEY
A (THURSDAY), TODAY
OUT GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED
THAT PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE ALSO SHOWED IMPROVEMENT.
"A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WERE CONFIDENT THAT
65 PER CENT IN KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PROSPEROUS AND STABLE COMPARED WITH 60 PER CENT IN MARCH."
"AND MORE RESPONDENTS
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HONG MAY
IN
22 PER CENT EXPECTED THE SITUATION TO IMPROVE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, COMPARED WITH 16 PER CENT RECORDED MARCH, HE ADDED.
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THE SURVEY WAS THE 46TH IN A SERIES OF BIMONTHLY POLLS DESIGNED PROBLEMS TO GAUGE THE TREND OF PUBLIC OPINION IN RESPECT OF PERCEIVED IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND THE COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATION OF THE GENERAL SITUATION.
IN
WERK ** HONG
THIS SURVEY, THE THREE MOST MENTIONED PROBLEMS KONG FUTURE", "HOUSING" AND "TRANSPORT", THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FORTY-EIGHT
PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS MENTIONED "HONG FUTURE" IN MAY, COMPARED WITH 64 PER CENT IN MARCH.
KONG
CENT RECORDED PROBLEMS" ALSO
"HOUSING-RELATED PROBLEMS" WERE MENTIONED BY 36 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE FIGURE OF 28 PER IN MARCH. 22 PER CENT MENTIONED "TRANSPORT-RELATED HIGHER THAN THE 15 PER CENT RECORDED IN MARCH.
AMONG THE
KONG
:
FUTURE"
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RESPONDENTS WHO MENTIONED THE "HONG 28 PER CENT TALKED ABOUT "CHINA-HONG KONG RELATIONS"
28 PER CENT WERE FROM THE 52 PER CENT IN THE LAST SURVEY.
"RETURN OF SOVEREIGNTY/1997" SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN CONCERNED ABOUT
PROBLEM, DECREASE
THE 21 PER CENT RECORDED IN MARCH 1993.
CENT THE FIGURE
AS FOR THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT, 55 PER THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WERE SATISFIED, THE SAME AS OBTAINED IN MARCH.
OF
FOR THIS SURVEY, A TOTAL OF 1,513 RESPONDENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE DURING THE PERIOD MAY 17 TO 21.
OF
TELEPHONE
RESIDENTIAL
INTERVIEWS WERE BASED ON A SYSTEMATIC RANDOM
TELEPHONE
IN NUMBER CONTAINED
THE
SAMPLE TELEPHONE
DIRECTORIES. WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD OF A SELECTED TELEPHONE NUMBER, RESPONDENT AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 64 WAS RANDOMLY CHOSEN FOR INTERVIEW.
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