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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1991

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MAJORITY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG: SURVEY

SURVEY

SIXTY-TWO PER CENT OF THE 2,000 PEOPLE POLLED IN A GOVERNMENT SAID THEY HAD CONFIDENCE THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE то BE PROSPEROUS AND STABLE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FINDINGS OF A BENCHMARK SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN MARCH TO MAY 1990.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SURVEY WAS TO COLLECT PUBLIC OPINION ON THE GOVERNMENT'S PERFORMANCE IN ALL MAJOR AREAS OF ACTIVITIES WHICH HAVE DIRECT AND SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

SIMILAR SURVEYS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE FORMER HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH IN 1982 AND 1984 RESPECTIVELY.

THE SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY A PRIVATE RESEARCH FIRM AND WAS CONDUCTED BY WAY OF FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS WITH A SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE OF 2,000 PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 64.

"HONG KONG FUTURE" WAS ONE OF THE MOST-MENTIONED SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SURVEY.

SIXTY-TWO PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY HAD CONFIDENCE IN THE TERRITORY, OF WHICH 56 PER CENT SAID "SOME CONFIDENCE", AND SIX PER CENT SAID THEY HAD "A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE" THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PROSPEROUS AND STABLE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, 25 PER CENT SAID THEY HAD "ONLY A LITTLE CONFIDENCE" AND NINE PER CENT SAID THEY HAD "NO CONFIDENCE AT ALL" IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

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WHEN ASKED WHETHER THEY HAD ANY ACTUAL PLAN OR TAKEN ANY ACTION WITH REGARD TO EMIGRATING, 14 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL SAMPLE OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY PLANNED TO EMIGRATE AND 79 PER CENT HAD NO SUCH PLANS.

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ON THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT, 43 PER CENT OF RESPONDENTS FELT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S PERFORMANCE, AS A WHOLE,

WAS GOOD.

A FURTHER 44 PER CENT SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S PERFORMANCE WAS NEITHER GOOD NOR POOR OR GAVE NO COMMENT, AND 13 PER CENT SAID IT WAS POOR.

AS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, 38 PER CENT RATED IT AS BEING EFFICIENT, WHILE 42 PER CENT WERE INDIFFERENT OR GAVE NO COMMENT. TWENTY PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS RATED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS "INEFFICIENT".

THE WORKING ATTITUDES OF CIVIL SERVANTS RECEIVED A "GOOD" RATING AMONG 40 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS, AND A "BAD" RATING AMONG 17 PER CENT.

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