RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1713
OF 24105OZ JUNE 92
RESTRICTED
HUB ads
Lied
TOP COP
Q DIST?
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG, BTC HONG KONG
ہے
i43071 MDHIAN 9118
p.9. Puctions pa
PACE OF DEMOCRACY: OPINION POLLS.
YOU MIGHT FIND IT HELPFUL TO HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE LATEST OPINION POLL EVIDENCE ABOUT PUBLIC ATTITUDES ON THE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE. THE SUNDAY MORNING POST PUBLISHED THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON 21 JUNE AND THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST REPORTED THE FINDINGS OF A HONG KONG UNIVERSITY SURVEY HODAYS/EDITION
(24 JUNE).
2.
THE SUNDAY POST SURVEY IS THE SECOND IN SIX WEEKS. IT IS BASED ON A SMALL SAMPLE OF ABOUT 400 RESPONDENTS. THE MAIN
FINDINGS WERE THAT 66 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS FAVOURED A FASTER PACE OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE QUOTE EVEN IF THIS WERE TO MEAN A CONFRONTATION WITH CHINA UNQUOTE. IN THE MAY SURVEY, 83 PERCENT OF THE RESPONDENTS SUPPORTED THIS PROPOSITION.
3.
THE HKU SURVEY WAS ALSO BASED ON ANOTHER SMALL SAMPLE (574
RESPONDENTS). THE MAIN FINDINGS WERE:
(A) 61 PER CENT FAVOURED MORE THAN 20 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN LEGCO IN 1995. OF THESE, 43 PERCENT WOULD LIKE TO SEE UP TO 25 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS BY 1995 AND THE REST FAVOURED 30 OR MORE
DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS:
(B) 63 PER CENT BACKED THE OMELCO CONSENSUS MODEL I.E 30 DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN 1995:
(C) 58 PERCENT FELT THAT CHINA SHOULD AMEND THE BASIC LAW IF HONG KONG WANTS MORE DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS:
(D) 67 PERCENT CONSIDERED THAT BRITAIN SHOULD RAISE THE DIRECT ELECTION ISSUE WITH CHINA: AND
(E)
62 PERCENT FELT THAT BRITAIN SHOULD TAKE UP THE DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS ISSUE WITH CHINA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PAGE
RESTRICTED
1
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.