TNAG-1750-FCO40-2470-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Parliamentary-debates-1988 — Page 93

FRAME 12

Annex 1

OPINION .ON SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT

TO RETURN HONG KONG TO

CHINA SOVEREIGNTY

"Taking the

ig .the'

ana whole

believe, the

agreement

agreement ara

now, do you

terms of, this

A

good thing

for the people of Hong Kong

or

bad thing for them?

-

Very good

Quite good

Good in some ways,

not so good in others

Not particularly good

Not good at all

No opinion

SRH 1984

MDR 1987'

•

81

28

71

21

14

(Number interviewed)

(6,124)

FRAME 13

"Ideally, if you

were

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

happen in 1997?"

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?..

Hongkong to become, as

planned, a Special

Administrative Region of the People's Republic of

China?

No. opinion..

45

18

(1,184)

.PREFERRED IDEAL SITUATION

FOR HONG KONG IN 1997

MDR Poll

MDR Pol1

MDR Poll

Jan 87

*

Mar 87

Aug 87

X

43

48..

17.

20

11

12

13

11

18

17

16

14.