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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1991

THIRTY-NINE PER CENT RATED THE ATTITUDES OF CIVIL SERVANTS "NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD" AND FOUR PER CENT GAVE NO COMMENT.

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WHEN COMPARED WITH THE 1984 SURVEY, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE WAS EFFICIENT AND THAT CIVIL SERVANTS' WORKING ATTITUDES WERE GOOD IN 1990.

ON THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC, 31 CENT FELT THAT THE COMMUNICATION WAS GOOD, AND 42 PER CENT SAID "NEITHER GOOD NOR POOR".

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ONLY 27 PER CENT FELT IT WAS POOR, WHEREAS IN 1984 AS MANY 50 PER CENT GAVE IT POOR RATING.

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FORTY-ONE PER CENT THOUGHT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. TWENTY-THREE PER CENT THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT WAS INDIFFERENT TO PUBLIC OPINION, WHILE 36 PER CENT THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NEITHER CONCERNED NOR INDIFFERENT.

WHEN ASKED "TO WHAT EXTENT THE GOVERNMENT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC OPINION WHEN DECIDING ON POLICIES AND ACTIONS", 69 PER CENT BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID DO SO, WHILE 20 PER CENT THOUGHT THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT TAKE PUBLIC OPINION INTO ACCOUNT WHEN DECIDING ON POLICIES AND ACTIONS. THE REMAINING 11 PER CENT WERE UNSURE AND OFFERED NO COMMENT EITHER WAY.

THE MAIN CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION PERCEIVED BY THE RESPONDENTS FOR THE PUBLIC ΤΟ CONVEY THEIR VIEWS TO THE GOVERNMENT WAS THE DISTRICT BOARD (53 PER CENT). SOME MENTIONED OTHER CHANNELS SUCH

AS DISTRICT OFFICES (12 PER CENT), OMELCO (10 PER CENT) AND ANY RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (EIGHT PER CENT).

ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE PUBLIC (73 PER CENT) FELT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY. THIS FINDING COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH THAT OF THE 1984 SURVEY.

ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE AGREED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BUILD A NEW AIRPORT (68 PER CENT) AND EXPAND THE PORT FACILITIES (65 PER CENT), THE PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT SUPPORT THESE TWO PROJECTS WERE EIGHT PER CENT IN BOTH CASES.

ANOTHER MOST-MENTIONED SOCIAL PROBLEM WAS "VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE" EIGHTY-EIGHT PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS FELT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A SERIOUS ONE.

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WHEN ASKED WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PERFORMANCE IN HANDLING THE PROBLEM, NEARLY ONE-THIRD (32 PER CENT) FELT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS HANDLING THE PROBLEM WELL, OF WHICH 29 PER CENT SAID "WELL" AND THREE PER CENT SAID "VERY WELL".

ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WERE 38 PER CENT WHO FELT THAT GOVERNMENT WAS HANDLING THE PROBLEM BADLY, OF WHICH 34 PER CENT

"BADLY" AND FOUR PER CENT "VERY BADLY".

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