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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1993

PEOPLE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE

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HONG

ACCORDING

то

KONG AN

THEIR

FUTURE,

PEOPLE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN OPINION POLL CONDUCTED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) LAST MONTH.

RELEASING THE FINDINGS OF THE TELEPHONE SURVEY TODAY (FRIDAY), A CNTA SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ONLY 40 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS

В A SIGNIFICANT EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER "HONG KONG'S FUTURE" CENT DROP OVER THE 48 PER CENT RECORDED IN THE LAST SURVEY IN MAY.

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PER

THE SURVEY WAS THE 47TH BIMONTHLY ONE CONDUCTED TO GAUGE THE

RESPECT OF TREND OF PUBLIC OPINION IN

PERCEIVED

IN PROBLEMS

HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND THE COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATION OF THE GENERAL SITUATION.

A TOTAL OF 1,543 RESPONDENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY THE POLI. FROM JULY 12 TO 16.

INTERVIEWED IN

PER CENT OF THOSE WHO PROBLEM

THAT CONSIDERED IT, THE PERCENTAGE WAS

THE FINDINGS ALSO SHOWED THAT 80 MENTIONED THE ** HONG KONG'S FUTURE" AS A THE GOVERNMENT HAD EXERTED EFFORTS TO SOLVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS 77 PER CENT, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

CENT

ON OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN UNDER THIS SUBJECT, ONLY 18 PER RAISED THE "RETURN OF SOVEREIGNTY/1997" AND 23 PER CENT ON THE "CHINA- THAN HONG KONG RELATIONS". THESE PERCENTAGES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THE 28 PER CENT RECORDED FOR BOTH IN THE MAY POLL.

THE SECOND MOST-TALKED-ABOUT PROBLEM WAS "HOUSING” WHICH CONSTITUTED 34 PER CENT OF THOSE INTERVIEWED AND COMPARED FAVOURABLY WITH THE 36 PER CENT RECORDED IN MAY.

FIFTY PER CENT WERE SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT, COMPARED WITH 55 PER CENT IN THE LAST POLL.

SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENT WERE SATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT

65 SITUATION AND

PER CENT HAD CONFIDENCE THAT HONG KONG WOULD

THE SAME CONTINUE TO BE PROSPEROUS AND

AS THE FINDINGS

REVEALED IN THE MAY POLL.

WAS THE POLL

STABLE

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CONDUCTED ON A SYSTEMATIC RANDOM SAMPLE OF

THE RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS CONTAINED IN

TELEPHONE

WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD OF A

NUMBER,

SELECTED TELEPHONE

A

DIRECTORY. RESPONDENT

AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 64 WAS RANDOMLY CHOSEN FOR THE INTERVIEW.

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