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SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE WAS ABOUT 50 PER CENT. SOME 70 PER CENT FELT IT WAS A BAD THING IF THE CHINESE SIDE SET UP A SECOND STOVE.

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THE SUNDAY POST (21.2) POLL SHOWED 50 PER CENT OF THE 434 RESPONDENTS WANTED THE GOVERNOR TO DELAY INTRODUCING HIS PROPOSALS TO LEGCO FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF ANY NEW SINO-BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS. 57 PER CENT WERE WORRIED THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS WOULD MAKE A SECRET DEAL GIVING HK LESS DEMOCRACY THAN THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE AND REGARDED TALKS SHOULD NOT GO AHEAD WITHOUT HK REPRESENTATIVES.

15. A HKU POLL (24.2) INDICATED SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS HAD LEVELLED AT ROUGHLY 35 PER CENT, WITH 15 PER CENT AGAINST AND THE REST OF THE 50 PER CENT DID NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION. IT WAS NOTED 25 TELEPHONE POLLS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT SINCE THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS PACKAGE IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, EACH TIME INTERVIEWING 600-2,000 PEOPLE. ON THE GOVERNOR'S PERFORMANCE MORE THAN 65 PER CENT CONSIDERED IT ABOVE AVERAGE, 20 PER CENT FAIR AND 15 PER CENT DID NOT EXPRESS A VIEW. THERE WAS INCREASING SUPPORT ON INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS: MORE THAN 50 PER CENT SUPPORTED AN ELECTION COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF DIRECTLY ELECTED OB MEMBERS AND SINGLE SEAT VOTE FOR LEGCO: MORE THAN 60 PER CENT SUPPORTED INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS IN DBS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE FRANCHISE OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.

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