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any given option.

AGB McNair survey was in any case just one element in the

overall picture.

HIGH PERCENTAGE OF "NO OPINIONS/DON'T KNOWS"

Other surveys quoted in Survey Office report indicated comparable proportion of people in this category.

One poll indicated that over 30% of respondents were under impression that there were already direct elections to the Legislative Council.

POLLS

INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN AGB MCNAIR FINDINGS AND FINDINGS OF OTHER

In many cases All polls indicate wide variation of opinion. these other polls were arguably conducted in less thorough and careful way than AGB McNair survey.

Survey Office report records the results of nine "territory wide" surveys, in addition to two AGB McNair surveys.

These give mixed picture of responses to option of introducing direct elections in 1988. Support for this option varied between 25.9% and 62%. Five recorded less than 50% support for this option.