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Of the 5,486 respondents, 4,464 said they believed that TOC should be implemented in Hong Kong. These parents made up 81.4 per cent of the respondents. A total of 767 (14%) parents were neutral and 94 (1.7%) did not agree; 161 (2.9%) did not respond.
A total of 4,778 (87.1%) considered that the concepts of TOC are good and 500 (9.1%) were neutral, while only 81 (1.5%) did not agree. A total of 127 (2.3%) did not respond to this item.
In addition, 4,866 (88.7 per cent) said TOC would let parents better understand the progress of their children in learning and thus help them coach their children. A total of 389 (7.1%) were neutral and only 98 (1.8%) disagreed; 133 (2.4%) did not make any response.
A total of 4,589 (83.7%) said they would let their children study in a TOC school. A total of 620 (11.3%) were neutral and 133 (2.4%) disagreed; 144 (2.6%) did not respond to this item.
A breakdown of the figures show that the "yes" replies to this question are geographically rather evenly distributed when expressed in percentages against district totals.
Among the "yes" replies, 347 are in Central and Western (85.3%); 493 in Wan Chai (94.3%); 171 in Yau Ma Tei (82.6%); 344 in Kwun Tong (79.6%); 415 in Kwai Tsing (78.8%); 229 in Sha Tin (79.8%); 462 in Kowloon City (82.4%); 441 in Mong Kok (79.3%); 405 in Hong Kong East (88.4%); 343 in Tuen Mun (86.2%); 370 in Yuen Long (82.2%); 321 in Tai Po (84%); and 248 in Sai Kung (83.2%).
In all, 4,930 parents (89.9%) said the seminar had enhanced their understanding of the new curriculum. A total of 400 (7.29%) were neutral and 56 (1.02%) disagreed; 100 (1.8%) did not respond to this item.
Meanwhile, more than 20,000 leaflets and pamphlets have so far been distributed at the Education Department TOC roving exhibition at Cityplaza, Lok Fu Shopping Centre and Sha Tin New Town Plaza; a large percentage of the visitors were parents.