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Table 1a [Q1] In the course of constitutional reform, how important do you think it is to safeguard the interest of the accountants?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very important  111   )   38.0   ) 
  Quite important  74   ) 185   25.3   ) 63.4 
  Half-half  62      21.2    
  Not quite important  31   )   10.6   ) 
  Not important at all  14   ) 45   4.8   ) 15.4 
  Total  292      100.0    
  Base  299          
  Missing case (s)  7          

Table 1b [Q1] In the course of constitutional reform, how important do you think it is to safeguard the interest of the professionals?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very important  110   )   37.7   ) 
  Quite important  87   ) 197   37.7   ) 67.5 
  Half-half  57      19.5    
  Not quite important  23   )   7.9   ) 
  Not important at all  15   ) 38   5.1   ) 13.0 
  Total  292      100.0    
  Base  299          
  Missing case (s)  7          

Table 1c [Q1] In the course of constitutional reform, how important do you think it is to safeguard the interest of the grassroots?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very important  122   )   41.6   ) 
  Quite important  83   ) 205   28.3   ) 70.0 
  Half-half  65      22.2    
  Not quite important  15   )   5.1   ) 
  Not important at all  8   ) 23   2.7   ) 7.8 
  Total  293      100.0    
  Base  299          
  Missing case (s)  6          

Table 1d [Q1] In the course of constitutional reform, how important do you think it is to safeguard the interest of the middle-class?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very important  143   )   48.6   ) 
  Quite important  95   ) 238   32.3   ) 81.0 
  Half-half  43      14.6    
  Not quite important  9   )   3.1   ) 
  Not important at all  4   ) 13   1.4   ) 4.4 
  Total  294      100.0    
  Base  299          
  Missing case (s)  5          

Table 1e [Q1] In the course of constitutional reform, how important do you think it is to safeguard the interest of the business sector?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very important  91   )   31.0   ) 
  Quite important  92   ) 183   31.3   ) 62.2 
  Half-half  73      24.8    
  Not quite important  16   )   5.4   ) 
  Not important at all  22   ) 38   7.5   ) 12.9 
  Total  294      100.0    
  Base  299          
  Missing case (s)  5          

Table 1f [Q1] In the course of constitutional reform, how important do you think it is to safeguard the interest of the Central Government?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very important  84   )   28.7   ) 
  Quite important  63   ) 147   21.5   ) 50.2 
  Half-half  73      24.9    
  Not quite important  36   )   12.3   ) 
  Not important at all  35   ) 71   11.9   ) 24.2 
  Don't know  2      0.7    
  Total  293      100.0    
  Base  299          
  Missing case (s)  6          

Table 2a [Q2] After the 2004 LegCo election, there will be 30 seats returned by functional constituencies and 30 by geographical constituencies. By 2008, how do you think the two types of seats should be distributed? (Note: You can set the total number of seats above or below 60 seats. If you think the functional constituencies should be abolished, please return a "0" against functional seats.) Functional constituencies:
   Frequency  Percentage
  0  117   41.5 
  1 - 19  34   12.1 
  20  35   12.4 
  21 - 29  10   3.5 
  30  54   19.1 
  31 - 39  6   2.1 
  40  14   5.0 
  41 - 59  6   2.1 
  60  3   1.1 
  > 60  3   1.1 
  Total  282   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  17    
  Mean  17.9    
  Std. Error of Mean  1.94    
  Median  15.0    
  Mode  0    
  Minimum  0    
  Maximum  400    

Table 2b [Q2] After the 2004 LegCo election, there will be 30 seats returned by functional constituencies and 30 by geographical constituencies. By 2008, how do you think the two types of seats should be distributed? (Note: You can set the total number of seats above or below 60 seats. If you think the functional constituencies should be abolished, please return a "0" against functional seats.) Geographical constituencies:
   Frequency  Percentage
  0  7   2.5 
  1 - 19  5   1.8 
  20  7   2.5 
  21 - 29  2   0.7 
  30  41   14.5 
  31 - 39  15   5.3 
  40  37   13.1 
  41 - 59  38   13.5 
  60  108   38.3 
  > 60  22   7.8 
  Total  282   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  17    
  Mean  50.4    
  Std. Error of Mean  1.89    
  Median  50.0    
  Mode  60    
  Minimum  0    
  Maximum  400    

Table 2c [Q2] After the 2004 LegCo election, there will be 30 seats returned by functional constituencies and 30 by geographical constituencies. By 2008, how do you think the two types of seats should be distributed? (Note: You can set the total number of seats above or below 60 seats. If you think the functional constituencies should be abolished, please return a "0" against functional seats.)
Total number of seats:
   Frequency  Percentage
  < 60  19   6.7 
  60  207   73.4 
  > 60  56   19.9 
  Total  282   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  17    

Table 2d [Q2] After the 2004 LegCo election, there will be 30 seats returned by functional constituencies and 30 by geographical constituencies. By 2008, how do you think the two types of seats should be distributed? (Note: You can set the total number of seats above or below 60 seats. If you think the functional constituencies should be abolished, please return a "0" against functional seats.)
Preferred distribution of seats between functional and geographical constituencies:
   Frequency  Percentage
  All seats returned by geographical constituencies   115   41.1
  Majority of seats returned by geographical constituencies   100   35.7
  Equal number of seats returned by both types of constituencies*   46   16.4
  Majority of seats returned by functional constituencies   14   5.0
  All seats returned by functional constituencies   5   1.8
  Total  280   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  19    
*Excluding 2 cases who entered 0 for both types of constituencies.

Table 3 [Q3] Basic Law Article 68 stipulates that all members of LegCo should ultimately be returned by universal suffrage "in the light of the actual situation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and in accordance with the principle of gradual and orderly progress." By which year do you think this target could be achieved?
   Frequency  Percentage
  2004-06  7   2.4 
  2007-08  100   33.9 
  2009-11  8   2.7 
  2012  55   18.6 
  2013-15  3   1.0 
  2016  13   4.4 
  After 2016  28   9.5 
  Never be achieved  31   10.5 
  Don't know  48   16.3 
  ASAP  2   0.7 
  Total  295   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  4    

Table 4 [Q4] One proposal on constitutional reform is to implement direct elections of all LegCo members by universal suffrage in three stages over a span of 20 years. The first stage would be an increase of 30 directly elected seats in the first two LegCo elections starting from 2008, i.e. 60 directly elected seats plus 30 functional constituency seats. The second stage would be to turn the election of the functional constituencies into a form of direct election after the first two LegCo elections were held. The third stage would be to implement direct election of the full legislature from the seventh LegCo election onwards, i.e. from the year 2024. Do you support or oppose this suggestion?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Support  67   22.6 
  Neutral / No opinion  38   12.8 
  Oppose  187   63.2 
  Don't know  4   1.4 
  Total  296   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  3    

Table 5 [Q5] Basic Law Article 45 stipulates that the Chief Executive should ultimately be returned by universal suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures, "in the light of the actual situation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and in accordance with the principle of gradual and orderly progress." By which year do you think this target could be achieved?
   Frequency  Percentage
  2004-06  6   2.0 
  2007-08  102   34.5 
  2009-11  10   3.4 
  2012  53   17.9 
  2013-15  6   2.0 
  2016  8   2.7 
  After 2016  38   12.8 
  Never be achieved  32   10.8 
  Don't know  40   13.5 
  ASAP  1   0.3 
  Total  296   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  3    

Table 6 [Q6] Regarding the election of the Chief Executive, one proposal is to turn the 800-member Electoral Committee into a nomination committee which nominates a short list of candidates who are broadly acceptable by the Central Government. The Chief Executive would then be elected from the candidates by universal suffrage. This election method could be retained until the full legislature became directly elected. At that time, one-adult-one-vote universal suffrage could be implemented. Do you support or oppose this suggestion?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Support  139   46.6 
  Neutral / No opinion  34   11.4 
  Oppose  119   39.9 
  Don't know  6   2.0 
  Total  298   100.0 
  Base  299    
  Missing case (s)  1