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[1] In his recent Policy Address, CE Tung Chee-hwa said he had decided to establish a task force headed by the Chief Secretary Donald Tsang Yam-kuen to examine constitutional review. Do you think this decision has answered people's demand?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  319   31.9 
  Half-half  201   20.1 
  No  276   27.6 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  205   20.5 
  Total  1,001   100.0 
  Missing  7    

[2] As for constitutional review, do you support or oppose the SAR government's consulting relevant authorities of the Central Beijing Government about the understanding of the relevant provisions of the Basic Law before a public consultation in Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Supportive  361   36.1 
  Half and half/ Doesn't matter  123   12.3 
  Opposed  391   39.1 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  125   12.5 
  Total  1,000   100.0 
  Missing  8    

[3] Some people have suggested setting up a restrictive nomination committee to screen out candidates not acceptable to the Central Government, and then conduct a general election of the Chief Executive in 2007. Do you support or oppose with this suggestion?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Supportive  396   39.7 
  Half and half/ Doesn't matter  72   7.2 
  Opposed  413   41.4 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  116   11.6 
  Total  997   100.0 
  Missing  11    

[4] Assuming that you would vote in the Legislative Council election in September, how important would a party's stand on Article 45, about universal suffrage of CE election, affect your decision?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very important  171   )   17.1   ) 
  Quite important  280   ) 451   28.1   ) 45.2 
  Half and half  179      18.0    
  Quite unimportant  173   )   17.4   ) 
  Very unimportant/ not important at all  59   ) 232   5.9   ) 23.3 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  134      13.5    
  Total  996      100.0    
  Missing  12          

[5] What do you see as the most important function of political parties in Hong Kong in general?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Reflecting public opinion  333   33.5 
  Serving for the community  119   12.0 
  Monitoring the government  87   8.8 
  Striving for democracy  57   5.8 
  Assisting the government  31   3.1 
  Representing the voices of different social classes  29   2.9 
  Formulating/ amending policies  15   1.5 
  Others  22   2.2 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  284   28.6 
  None  15   1.5 
  Total  993   100.0 
  Missing  15    

[6] Do you think political parties should play a bigger or lesser role in the governance of Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Bigger role  535   53.5 
  Remain the same as it is  186   18.6 
  Lesser role  130   13.0 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  149   14.9 
  Total  1,000   100.0 
  Missing  8    

[7] Do you think party politics are more beneficial or harmful to the democratic development in Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  More beneficial  494   49.2 
  Half and half  267   26.6 
  More harmful  117   11.7 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  126   12.5 
  Total  1,004   100.0 
  Missing  4    

[8] [Only for those who believe more beneficial] Why?
   Frequency  Percentage of respondents (Base: 489)  Percentage of overall sample(Base: 1,008)
  More capable of reflecting public opinion  294   60.2   29.2 
  Motivating for better policies  48   9.8   4.8 
  More bargaining power  21   4.3   2.1 
  Easier to obtain concern/ attention  14   2.9   1.4 
  Monitoring the government  8   1.7   0.8 
  Others  28   5.6   2.7 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  75   15.4   7.5 
  Total  489   100.0    
  Missing  5       

[9] [Only for those who believe more harmful] Why?
   Frequency  Percentage of respondents (Base: 111)  Percentage of overall sample(Base: 1,008)
  Social stratification created  39   35.3   3.9 
  China-HK relationship undermined  10   9.0   1.0 
  Interests of the minorities ignored  9   8.2   0.9 
  Lowered efficiency in government administration  4   4.0   0.4 
  Others  28   25.1   2.8 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  20   18.3   2.0 
  Total  111   100.0    
  Missing  6       

[10] Do you think that your interest has been represented by some political parties in Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  286   28.4 
  No  589   58.6 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  131   13.0 
  Total  1,005   100.0 
  Missing  3    

[11] Which party do you think is doing a better job in coping with political problems facing Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  DP：Democratic Party  241   24.3 
  LP：Liberal Party  93   9.4 
  DAB：Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong  41   4.1 
  Frontier：Frontier  16   1.6 
  ADPL：HK Association for Democracy & People's Livelihood  11   1.1 
  HKCTU：Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions  6   0.6 
  FTU：Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions  2   0.2 
  HKASPDMC：HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movement in China  1   0.1 
  HKPA：Hong Kong Progressive Alliance  1   0.1 
  NWS：The Neighbourhood and Workers Service  1   0.1 
  Others  1   0.1 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  274   27.7 
  None  304   30.7 
  Total  992   100.0 
  Missing  16    

[12] Then, which party do you think is doing a better job in coping with economic problems facing Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  LP：Liberal Party  173   17.4 
  DP：Democratic Party  89   8.9 
  DAB：Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong  34   3.4 
  HKCTU：Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions  8   0.8 
  Frontier：Frontier  5   0.5 
  ADPL：HK Association for Democracy & People's Livelihood  4   0.4 
  FTU：Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions  2   0.2 
  NWS：The Neighbourhood and Workers Service  1   0.1 
  Others  1   0.1 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  348   34.9 
  None  333   33.4 
  Total  998   100.0 
  Missing  10    

[13] Then, which party do you think is doing a better job in coping with livelihood problems facing Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  DP：Democratic Party  205   20.6 
  DAB：Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong  116   11.7 
  ADPL：HK Association for Democracy & People's Livelihood  36   3.7 
  LP：Liberal Party  35   3.5 
  HKCTU：Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions  20   2.0 
  Frontier：Frontier  12   1.3 
  FTU：Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions  10   1.0 
  NWS：The Neighbourhood and Workers Service  7   0.7 
  HKPA：Hong Kong Progressive Alliance  2   0.2 
  Others  2   0.2 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  301   30.3 
  None  248   25.0 
  Total  995   100.0 
  Missing  13    

[14] What do you think is the ideal number of political parties in Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  0  13   2.8 
  1-5  344   71.4 
  6-10  79   16.4 
  11-15  41   8.5 
  16-20  3   0.7 
  30  1   0.2 
  Number of respondents giving numbers  482   100.0 
  The more, the better  79    
  Don't know/ Hard to say  425    
  Total  986    
  Mean  4.9    
  Standard error of mean  0.17    
  Missing  23    

[15] What do you think is the main problem facing political parties in Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Public recognition  144   14.5 
  Stance of the Central Beijing Government  130   13.1 
  Restricted by systems (e.g.: the political system, the voting system)  117   11.8 
  Limited resources  101   10.2 
  Lacking talented people (e.g.: leadership, experience, etc.)  69   6.9 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  434   43.6 
  Total  995   100.0 
  Missing  13    

[16] Have you ever joined any political party?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  10   1.0 
  No  987   98.1 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  10   1.0 
  Total  1,006   100.0 
  Missing  2    

[17] [Only for those who have not joined] why not?
   Frequency  Percentage of respondents (Base: 981)  Percentage of overall sample(Base: 1,008)
  No special reasons/ Never thought of it before  370   37.7   36.7 
  Too busy  168   17.1   16.7 
  No suitable parties  138   14.0   13.7 
  Not qualified / Not capable enough  91   9.2   9.0 
  No interest  68   7.0   6.8 
  Not aware of the channels  16   1.7   1.6 
  No need  15   1.6   1.5 
  Negative labeling effect  5   0.5   0.5 
  Opposed by others  2   0.2   0.2 
  Others  53   5.4   5.2 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  56   5.7   5.5 
  Total  981   100.0    
  Missing  6       

[18] Which of the following political groups do you support most?
   Frequency  Percentage
  DP led by Young Sum  228   23.2 
  HKCTU led by Lau Chin shek and Lee Cheuk yan  113   11.5 
  FTU led by Chan Yuen han  103   10.5 
  LP led by James Tien  74   7.5 
  DAB led by Ma Lik  55   5.6 
  Frontier led by Emily Lau  50   5.1 
  ADPL led by Frederick Fung  47   4.8 
  NWS led by Leung Yiu chung  43   4.4 
  AFA led by Leung Kwok hung  4   0.4 
  HKPA led by Ambrose Lau  3   0.3 
  Others  1   0.1 
  None  154   15.7 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  107   10.9 
  Total  983   100.0 
  Missing  25    

[19] What do you think is the most important task for political groups to handle in the coming year?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Proposing measures for revitalizing the economy/ livelihood issues  420   43.2 
  Paying concern over the underprivileged  19   2.0 
  Other economic/ livelihood issues  71   7.3 
  Striving for democracy  66   6.7 
  Striving for general elections of CE and Legco  54   5.5 
  Improving the relationship with the Central Beijing Government  12   1.3 
  Other political issues  69   7.1 
  Conducting policy studies  21   2.2 
  Preparing for elections  10   1.0 
  Community work  9   0.9 
  Recruiting new members/ Party development  6   0.6 
  Other issues on party developments  5   0.5 
  Others  25   2.5 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  186   19.1 
  Total  974   100.0 
  Missing  34    

[20] Now, I'd like to ask you some questions about Frontier. When it comes up the name of "Frontier", what adjectives immediately cross your mind?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Positive adjectives  158   16.1 
  Negative adjectives  222   22.5 
  Neutral adjectives  71   7.2 
  Ambiguous adjectives  63   6.4 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  471   47.8 
  Total  985   100.0 
  Missing  23    

[21] Are you satisfied with the work performance of "Frontier"?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied  17   )   1.7   ) 
  Quite satisfied  190   ) 207   19.2   ) 20.9 
  Half and half  268      27.1    
  Quite dissatisfied  127   )   12.8   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  62   ) 189   6.3   ) 19.1 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  324      32.8    
  Total  988      100.0    
  Missing  20          

[22] Which class do you think "Frontier" represents?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Upper class  22   2.2 
  Upper middle class  46   4.6 
  Middle class  171   17.2 
  Lower middle class  188   19.0 
  Grassroots  205   20.6 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  362   36.5 
  Total  992   100.0 
  Missing  16    

[23] Now, I'd like to ask you some questions about DAB. Did you vote for DAB's candidates in last year's District Councils Elections?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  114   11.5 
  No：voted, but cast vote on other parties or abstained  326   32.8 
  No：voted, but unaware of his/ her background  23   2.3 
  No：did not vote at all  507   51.2 
  Forgotten  22   2.2 
  Total  992   100.0 
  Missing  16    

[24] [Only for those who voted for DAB's candidates] Why did you support DAB's candidates?
   Frequency  Percentage of respondents (Base: 114)  Percentage of overall sample(Base: 1,008)
  Good performance in community work  35   30.6   3.4 
  Good performance of the candidate  21   18.6   2.1 
  Supportive of DAB's position  18   15.5   1.7 
  Party's rational and pragmatic style of work  13   11.0   1.2 
  Disliked other contestants  10   8.5   1.0 
  Others  7   6.5   0.7 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  11   9.3   1.0 
  Total  114   100.0   11.3 
  Missing  0       

[25] [Only for those who abstained or voted for other parties] why didn't you vote for DAB's candidates?
   Frequency  Percentage of respondents (Base: 318)  Percentage of overall sample(Base: 1,008)
  Poor image and style of work  103   32.3   10.2 
  Too pro government  65   20.3   6.4 
  Poor performance  32   10.1   3.2 
  Article 23 of the Basic Law  16   5.1   1.6 
  More supportive of other parties  12   3.8   1.2 
  No DAB candidates  12   3.7   1.2 
  Not agree with DAB's political stances  10   3.0   0.9 
  Others  35   11.1   3.5 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  34   10.6   3.3 
  Total  318   100.0    
  Missing  8       

[26] (For all respondents) How can DAB win your support?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Change its "Pro government" image  128   12.9 
  Won't support DAB under all circumstances  118   12.0 
  Be outspoken and strive for interests of HK people  118   11.9 
  Listen to public opinion  112   11.3 
  Firm positions and no U turns  86   8.7 
  Suggest concrete solutions to solve the difficulties facing HK  24   2.5 
  Will support DAB under all circumstances  18   1.9 
  Others  78   7.9 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  305   30.9 
  Total  988   100.0 
  Missing  20    

[27] What is the main problem of DAB in your opinion?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Positioning  243   24.4 
  Image  209   21.1 
  Quality of policies  67   6.8 
  Quality of leaders  51   5.2 
  Others  49   4.9 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  373   37.6 
  Total  993   100.0 
  Missing  15    

[28] What do you think should be the relationship between DAB and the Government?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Judge things in its own right  181   18.2 
  Keep a distance from the government  161   16.2 
  Give more support to the administration of the government  102   10.3 
  Strengthen its role of monitoring the government  42   4.2 
  Strengthen its influence on government in Executive Council  32   3.2 
  More communication  27   2.7 
  Maintain a neutral stance  27   2.7 
  Maintain harmonic relationship with the government  16   1.6 
  More cooperation  4   0.4 
  Others  92   9.3 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  310   31.2 
  Total  994   100.0 
  Missing  14    

[29] Now, I'd like to ask you some questions about DP. Are you satisfied with the performance of DP?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied  32   )   3.2   ) 
  Quite satisfied  271   ) 303   27.1   ) 30.3 
  Half and half  319      32.0    
  Quite dissatisfied  173   )   17.3   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  75   ) 248   7.5   ) 24.8 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  129      12.9    
  Total  999      100.0    
  Missing  9          

[30] What do you think the DP should focus on?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Servicing the community  345   34.9 
  Improving the relationship with the SAR Government  115   11.7 
  Advocating democracy  101   10.2 
  Improving relationship with Central Beijing government  29   3.0 
  Conducting policy studies  26   2.7 
  Being more pragmatic  25   2.5 
  Other issues on party developments  15   1.5 
  Listening to public opinion  5   0.5 
  Others  102   10.3 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  224   22.7 
  Total  988   100.0 
  Missing  10    

[31] Are you satisfied with the political stand of DP?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied  45   )   4.5   ) 
  Quite satisfied  308   ) 353   31.0   ) 35.5 
  Half and half  302      30.3    
  Quite dissatisfied  127   )   12.8   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  70   ) 197   7.0   ) 19.8 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  143      14.4    
  Total  995      100.0    
  Missing  13          

[32] Are you satisfied with the economic policies of DP?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied  13   )   1.3   ) 
  Quite satisfied  135   ) 148   13.6   ) 14.9 
  Half and half  267      26.9    
  Quite dissatisfied  153   )   15.4   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  69   ) 222   6.9   ) 22.3 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  356      35.9    
  Total  993      100.0    
  Missing  15          

[33] Are you satisfied with DPs policies on livelihood problems such as education, welfare and medical services? (Interviewers to probe degree)?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied  27   )   2.7   ) 
  Quite satisfied  283   ) 310   28.5   ) 31.2 
  Half and half  274      27.6    
  Quite dissatisfied  127   )   12.8   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  46   ) 173   4.6   ) 17.4 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  237      23.9    
  Total  993      100.0    
  Missing  15