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they hope for the emergence of a democratically elected political structure. (Please refer to Table 1.3 for details.)

The fourth question is "At present, the Governor is the chief executive of the Hong Kong Government. Supposing that 'Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong' model is to be implemented after 1997, how should the future chief executive of be chosen?" Over 70% (78.0% of mail questionaires, 70.0% of interviews) of the respondents favoured the chief executive be chosen by election. 14.2% and 18.9% of respective respondents were in favour of "by consultation with various representative bodies". Only 4.8% and 5.8% chose "to be appointed by the People's Republic of China", whereas 3.0% and 5.3% chose "others" which include "appointments by Britain or other countries", "nomination by Hong Kong people", "recommendation by the top level of policy-making body", etc. These figures once again demonstrated the demand of Hong Kong citizens for a more

open and democratic government. (Please refer to Table 1.4 for details.)

From Table 1.5, among those who favoured "Hong Kong people self-rule", 82.1% (75.7%)1 accepted "Hong Kong People administering Hong Kong'' model, 11.5% (15.6%) would only partially accept the model, which indicated a certain degree of reservation. Among those who favoured "Continuation of the British rule", 21.0% of mail questionaires and 50.6% of interviews would accept "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and 28.9% and 28.3% respectively would "partially accept" the model. Only 28.6% (11.1%) "would not accept" "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" Model. These results indicated that if the "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" model could be introduced in a way so as to minimize the worries of the general public, then more people would accept the model.

1Figures in brackets are results of questionaires completed through interviews with randomly selected households.

Table 1.3 Q3. At present, the highest policy making bodies in Hong Kong are Executive

and legislative Council. Supposing that "HongKong people administering Hong Kong's is to be implemented after 1997, how should the members of the highest policy making body be chosen?

Mail % Questionaire

%

Interview

1. All by democratic election

49.5

59.9

2. Majority by democratic election,

minority by appointment/consultation

37.4

27.6

3. All by consultation with various

representative bodies

6.2

5.8

4. Majority by appointment/consultation,

minority by democratic election

2.1

6.2

5. All by appointment nominated by the

PRC

1.9

0.0

6. Others

2.9

0.5

100.0

100.0

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