TNAG-1598-FCO40-2191-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1987 — Page 136

FRAME 12

Annex 1

OPINION ON SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT

TO RETURN HONG KONG TO

CHINA SOVEREIGNTY

"Taking the agreement

whole now. do you

believe, the terms of, this

f

agreement are a good thing for, the people of Hong Kong'

bad thing for them?"

or

Very good

SRH 1984

MDR 1987

10

7'

1

]

81

]

28

21

Quite good

Good in some ways,

not

so good in others

14

45

18

Not particularly good

Not good at all

No opinion'

(Number interviewed)

(6,124)

FRAME 13.

"Ideally If you were

controlling history, what,'

+

would you most like to happen in 19977"

(1,184)

PREFERRED IDEAL SITUATION

FOR HONG KONG IN 1997

MDR Poll. MDR Pol1 MDR Poll

Jan 87

Mar 87

Aug 87

:

48

43

48..

Hongkong to stay part of.

Britain, as now? .

Hongkong to become a self-

governing country and a member of the British Commonwealth?

Hongkong to become a

completely independent

nation?..

17.

20

12

13

11

Hongkong to become. a 3

planned, a Special

Administrative Region of

the People's Republic of China?

18

17

16

No. opinion..

5

7

(Number Interviewed)

(1.264)

.(664)

1.

14.

(1089)...