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Sir, what then shall we do

with

the Report?

I

do

not think that the

entire Report

for it

contains useful data consisting of the other

should be ignored; for

survey results as

Indeed, when the Report as a

well

as written

submissions.

whole is properly understood, it

majority

of

the views expressed

therein

in fact shows that а clear

is in favour of

the

introduction of direct elections in 1988.

1

First, I turn to the

other

surveys.

I

propose

to

a

chart

entitled

"An

Analysis

of 9

a do pt

Probability Sampling Surveys (with 11 Results)

Direct

Territory-wide

on the Question

Elections in 1988" which was so helpfully prepared by

of

my honourable colleague Mr. Andrew Wong

the members

of

this

Council in his absence.

and circulated to all

The analysis of

these

after surveys

repercentaging those for and those againsts shows as

leaving

out

the

"don't

knows"

and

follows *

Sponsor

Pollster

For

Against

(1)

CSTEI

CSTEI

38%

62%

(2)

SCMP

FSA

58%

42%

(3)

SCMP

MDR

54%

46%

(4)

SCMP

MDR

66%

34%

(5) SCMP

MDR

69%

31%

(6)

4 PAPERS

SRH

77%

23%

(7)

4 PAPERS

SRH

76%

24%

(8)

4 PAPERS

S RH

68%

32%

65%

35%