THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1994
PER FIFTY-SEVEN
CENT OF
THE
RESPONDENTS FELT THAT CIVIL WHO CENT
SERVANTS' WORKING ATTITUDE WAS GOOD, COMPARED WITH 25 PER THOUGHT OTHERWISE.
THE CORRESPONDING
FIGURES IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR WERE
52 PER
CENT AND 30 PER CENT.
AND "ECONOMY-
THE THREE MOST-MENTIONED PROBLEMS WERE "HONG KONG FUTURE" (42 CENT),
CENT) "HOUSING-RELATED PROBLEMS" (30 PER RELATED PROBLEMS" (26 PER CENT).
PER
THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO MENTIONED THE
"HONG KONG FUTURE"
IS LOWER THAN THE FIGURE OF 47 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
AS TO THE PUBLIC'S SATISFACTION WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION, THE OR LESS THE SAME AS THE ONE RECORDED LAST TIME. FIGURE WAS MORE
JANUARY 74 PER CENT WERE SATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE POLL, COMPARED WITH 76 PER CENT LAST NOVEMBER.
SIXTY-THREE PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS EXPECTED THE SITUATION TO EITHER
SAME, STAY ABOUT THE IMPROVE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS OR SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE 67 PER CENT RECORDED IN THE LAST SURVEY.
THE SURVEY WAS THE 50TH 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.
FOR THIS SURVEY, A TOTAL OF 1,514 RESPONDENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE FROM JANUARY 10 TO 14.
TELEPHONE NUMBER,
WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD OF A SELECTED RESPONDENT AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 64 WAS RANDOMLY CHOSEN FOR INTERVIEW.
CHIEF SECRETARY SPEAKS TO PRESS AFTER VISITING PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL
QUESTION:
MRS CHAN, [T SEEMS ΤΟ NE THAT IT'D VERY LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT BUSINESS TO GO UP TO BEIJING TO SIGN AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TRAINING ACCORD, TO WITNESS RATHER. WHY IS IT THAT MR GORDON SIU HAD TO GO UP IN HIS PRIVATE CAPACITY AND OUT OF HIS POCKET. WHAT IS THE MYSTERY? WHAT IS THE REAL MOTIVE OF THE TRIP?
OWN
CS: THERE IS, IN FACT, NO MYSTERY. AS YOU QUITE RIGHTLY POINT OUT, THE TRAINING AND CROSS POSTING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS IS A MATTER THAT
WE SIDES ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. IT IS AN AREA IN WHICH BOTH
HAVE EXCELLENT CO-OPERATION AND REGULAR CONTACTS WITH CAAC AND OBVIOUSLY BOTH SIDES WOULD WISH TO SEE THOSE CONTACTS CONTINUING. MR SIU WENT UP OBVIOUSLY IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES.
A REQUEST UNDERSTOOD THAT AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE, THERE WAS FROM THE CAAC THAT HE SHOULD GO IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY. SO RATHER WE THAN MAKE A FUSS, HE SIMPLY ACCEDED TO THAT REQUEST. BUT AS FAR AS ARE CONCERNED, HE WENT UP IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND THERE IS QUESTION OF MR SIU PAYING FOR THE EXPENSES OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET.
NO
/QUESTION: