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- Subject: NEWS: HongKong Opinion Poll
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.173601.90684@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:36:01 +1100
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- Hong Kong poll swtich
- by Michael Byrnes
- Sources: Financial Review, 1992.11.23, page 10
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- The Hong Kong sharemarket's dramatic slide last week appears to have convinced
- many people in the territory that democracy is not worth the sacrifice of their
- prosperity.
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- A new public opinion poll conducted by Hongkong Polling and Business Research
- for the South China Morning Post showed yesterday that 48 percent of people
- polled believe the Governor, Mr Chris Patten, should abandon his political
- reform proposals rather than risk smooth transition to Chinese rule in 1997.
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- The figure was up dramatically from 19 percent in October. The Change in public
- attitude follows a flurry of attacks by Beijing on Mr Patten and his supporters
- in the international arena.
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- Beijing last week acused Mr Patten of mounting an international conspiracy
- against China.
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- This editor's notes: so far,
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- 1) HongKong's more grass root Urban Council adopted a resolution to ask Patten
- to withdraw the election reforms;
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- 2) HongKong's Legislative Council surpported Patten's proposals;
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- 3) HongKong's conservative but powerful business community has called on
- Mr Patten to withdraw his proposals.
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