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Majority satisfied with present situation: HAB survey
A public opinion survey conducted in November by the Home Affairs Branch (HAB) has shown that 62 per cent of the respondents were satisfied with the present situation in Hong Kong.
Releasing the latest findings of the bimonthly survey, an HAB spokesman said the percentage was the same as that recorded in September.
The survey also showed that 60 per cent of the respondents believed the Government had taken public opinion into account when formulating policies and making decisions.
As to the overall performance of the Government, 38 per cent expressed satisfaction while 36 per cent thought otherwise. The corresponding figures in the September poll were 36 per cent and 38 per cent.
The survey also revealed that of the three most-mentioned problems facing the territory, labour-related problems continued to top the list of concerns, at 66 per cent compared with September's 60 per cent.
Among that group of respondents, those who were concerned about "unemployment" dropped from 86 per cent to 82 per cent while the number of those who worried about the "importation of labour" remained at 30
per cent.
However, 60 per cent (up from 45 per cent) considered that the Government had exerted effort in solving the labour problem and five per cent (up from two per cent) said the problem had been well handled.
"Housing-related problems" came second on the list at 30 per cent while "economy-related problems" took third place at 21 per cent, compared to 27 per cent and 17 per cent in the previous findings respectively.
The survey was the 61st 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. 1,518 persons aged between 15 and 64 were interviewed.
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