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FRAME 12

Annex 1

OPINION ON SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT

TO RETURN HONG KONG TO

CHINA SOVEREIGNTY

"Taking the

whole

believe, the

agreement ar

agreement

now. do

do you

terms of this

good thing

for, the people of Hong Kong

or a bad thing for them?"

-

Very good

Quite good

Good in some ways, not so good in others

Not particularly good

Not good at all

SRH 1984

1

MDR 1987

X

10

7'

]

81

28

:

•

'71

21

14

No opinion

(Number interviewed)

(6,124)

PREFERRED

FRAME 13

"Ideally If you were

•

controlling history.,' what,. would you most like to

happen in 19977"

+

Hongkong to stay part of.

Britain, as now?.

Hongkong to become a self

governing country and

member of the British

Commonwealth?

Hongkong to become a

completely independent

nation?.··

45

18

(1,184)

IDEAL SITUATION

FOR HONG KONG IN 1997

MDR Poll

MDR Poll

MDR POM

Jan 87

Mar 87

Aug 87

43

48.

17

20

11

12

13

11

Hongkong to become, as

planned,

Special

Administrative Region of

the People's Republic of

China?

18

17

16

No. opinion. ·

5

7

14.

1