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Majority confident of HK's continued prosperity: poll
A recent poll conducted by the Home Affairs Branch has indicated that 57 per cent of the respondents were confident that Hong Kong would continue to be prosperous and stable, compared with 56 per cent in the last survey.
Releasing the findings of a bimonthly survey conducted in January this year, a spokesman for the Home Affairs Branch also pointed out that 40 per cent of the respondents said they were satisfied with the overall performance of the Government, compared with 33 per cent who thought otherwise.
The corresponding figures in November last year were 39 per cent and 36 per cent respectively.
As to the three most-mentioned problems facing the territory, 45 per cent mentioned housing-related problems, which was slightly higher than that recorded in November last year (42 per cent).
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The percentage for transport-related problems dropped from 47 to 36 and came
This was followed by Hong Kong future which stood at 26 per cent, about the same as that recorded previously (27 per cent).
The survey was the 56th in the series to gauge the trend of public opinion in respect of perceived problems in Hong Kong and the community's expectation of the general situation.
A total of 1,493 persons were successfully interviewed in this poll which was conducted between January 16 and 20 using a random sample of residential telephone numbers.
Within the household of a selected telephone number, a respondent aged between 15 and 64 was randomly chosen for interview.
End/Monday, February 20, 1995