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ONLY 52 PERCENT SAID THEY WERE PERSONALLY PREPARED TO MAKE A STAND. SOME 43 PERCENT AGREED THE GOVERNOR SHOULD GO AHEAD WITH HIS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS SHOULD THERE BE NO AGREEMENT FROM CHINA, WHILE JUST UNDER A QUARTER SAID HE SHOULD NOT AND 30 PERCENT SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW OR FIND IT HARD TO SAY. HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID LEGCO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO AMEND THE PACKAGE, WHILE A QUARTER EACH SAID THEY WERE AGAINST OR DID NOT KNOW.

23. A POLL CONDUCTED BY THE CITY POLYTECHNIC (10.10) INTERVIEWED 564 PEOPLE ON THEIR VIEWS ON THE REFORM PACKAGE. 79 PER CENT AGREED TO EXTENDING THE FRANCHISE OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES TO COVER THE 2.7 MILLION WORKFORCE AND 58 PER CENT AGREED THE ELECTION

· COMMITTEE SHOULD BE FORMED BY DIRECTLY ELECTED DB MEMBERS. 73 PER CENT SAID THAT LEGISLATORS RETURNED IN 1995 SHOULD RIDE THE THROUGH TRAIN IN 1997. THE SURVEY FOUND ALMOST HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE OPPOSED TO MAKING CONCESSIONS TO THE CHINESE SIDE. 52 PER CENT CONSIDERED IF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE WAS PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY CHANGED, CONFIDENCE IN HK WOULD BE AFFECTED.

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