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BROADLY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF MING PAO. THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED BY THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH UNIT. THEY HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION NINE TIMES SINCE THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH ON 7 OCTOBER. THE QUESTION WAS:

'ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE OCTOBER 7TH LEGCO ADDRESS OVERALL?'

THE LATEST RESULT WAS:

SATISFIED/VERY SATISFIED

NEUTRAL

DISSATISFIED/VERY DISSATISFIED

DON'T KNOW

34.7 PERCENT

14.7 PERCENT

14.5 PERCENT 36 PERCENT

6. THIS VERY SATISFIED AND SATISFIED FIGURE OF 34.7 PERCENT COMPARES WITH THE RESULT OF 35.8 PERCENT ON THE PREVIOUS OCCASION THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, AND WITH A FIGURE OF 37.1 PERCENT WHEN THE QUESTION WAS FIRST PUT IN OCTOBER. THIS POLL HAS CONSISTENTLY RECORDED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF 'DON'T KNOW' RESPONSES. THE RESEARCH UNIT AND THE NEWSPAPER HAVE EXPRESSED SURPRISE AT THE SLOW RATE OF DECLINE IN APPROVAL FOR THE LEGCO ADDRESS.

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