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Majority have confidence in HK's future: HAB survey
A public opinion survey conducted recently by the Home Affairs Branch has showed that 55 per cent of the respondents were confident of Hong Kong's continued prosperity and stability.
Releasing the findings of a bimonthly survey conducted in September, a HAB spokesman said the figure matched a similar survey conducted two months earlier.
The survey also revealed that of the three most-mentioned problems facing the territory, labour-related problems continued to top the list of concern, rising to 60 per cent of the respondents from 45 per cent as recorded in the July poll.
Among these respondents, 86 per cent worried about unemployment while the corresponding figure in the last survey was 76 per cent.
The percentage of respondents who were concerned about the importation of labour, meanwhile, dropped from 39 per cent to 30 per cent.
When asked about the Government's handling the labour issue, 45 per cent believed the Administration had exerted efforts in solving the problem, representing a drop of only one per cent.
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Transport-related problems came second in the list at 36 per cent, up by five per
The third was housing-related problems, referred to by 27 per cent of the respondents, down from 32 per cent.
The survey was the 60th in the series to gauge the trend of public opinion on perceived problems in Hong Kong and the community's views of the general situation.
Through a random sampling of residential telephone numbers, 1,509 persons aged between 15 and 64 were interviewed.
End/ Thursday, October 5, 1995