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MR.PATTEN HAD PLACED A HEAVY BET ON HONG KONG'S WELL-BEING. THE
PAPER SAID THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM ANY INSTABILITY CAUSED BY THIS CONTROVERSY.
OPINION POLLS
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SOME PAPERS TODAY CARRIED THE RESULTS OF TWO OPINION POLLS. HONG KONG UNIVERSITY SURVEYED 2000 PEOPLE BY TELEPHONE. SEVENTY- FIVE PER CENT SAID THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE ADDRESS, AND EIGHT PER CENT THAT THEY WERE NOT SATISFIED. THE GOVERNOR WAS GIVEN AN AVERAGE OF SIXTY-FOUR AND A HALF MARKS OUT OF A HUNDRED. THESE VERY FAVOURABLE RESULTS WERE TRANSMITTED ON TVB AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION PROGRAMME IN WHICH THE GOVERNOR PARTICAPTED
LAST NIGHT.
16. A SURVEY COMMISSION BY ASIA TELEVISION FOUND THAT 437 OUT OF 1410 PEOPLE SAMPLED HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE ADDRESS. OF THESE, 85 PERCENT SUPPORTED THE SPENDING PROPOSALS. HALF OF THEM SAID THAT
THE PACE OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT WAS RIGHT, WHILE 20 PER CENT FELT IT WAS TOO FAST. THE ADDRESS GIVEN AN AVERAGE 6.47 MARKS OUT OF TEN.
FURTHER DETAILS
17. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE OPINION POLLS AND A SUMMARY OF MEDIA COVERAGE AND COMMENTS FOLLOW BY FAX. A TAPE RECORDING OF THE GOVERNOR'S PUBLIC MEETING AND THE TVB FORUM ARE BEING SENT TO THE
HKGO. A SEPARATE TELEGRAM IS BEING SENT ON CHINESE REACTION.
18. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT, ACCORDING TO TVB ESTIMATES, THEY HAVE AN AUDIENCE OF 10 MILLION IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE. THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS AND ALL ITS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES SO FAR (I.E. HIS LEGCO QUESTION TIME, CITY HALL PUBLIC FORUM AND THE TVB DISCUSSION PROGRAMME) HAVE BEEN CARRIED ON LIVE TV BROADCASTS.
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