TNAG-1322-FCO40-1728-Future-of-Hong-Kong-opinion-polls-and-surveys-1984 — Page 130

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Five Types of Attitudes Towards the Agreement

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BEST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES(**)

set my mind at ease some sort of assurance and promise have been made

better than no agreement

provisions in the Agreement are generally adequate and acceptable

UNQUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE (*)

very good and detailed agreement

result of a series of fruitful and sincere negotiations

happy to see HK restored to China

QUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE (*****)

with much reservations :

- good if the terms carried

out, and vice versa

not a matter of agreement but of action/implementation

seems to be mere words/

empty talk

no guarantee (better to have world recog- nition and guarantee)

does not seem to be legal binding

UNQUALIFIED REJECTION(*)

wished to be under British rule

not confident of China's rule at all

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- betrayed by China and/or Britain.

Frequency of mentions indicated by the number of *

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most mentions

DISINTERESTED(**)

- just ordinary people, "little

citizens"

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lower class people

old, the future is for the next generation/won't live till 1997

illiterate, haven't read the Agreement

- will be migrating

- being an expatriate

don't care about politics

at all, only care whether the basic necessities like food and shelter are satisfied, will act according to circum- stances, who governs and how HK is governed not really important

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least mentions