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[1] CE Tung Chee-hwa has recently submitted a report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) on the need for constitutional changes, without consulting the public or the LegCo. Do you support or oppose CE's submission of his report without such consultation?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Support  140   14.2 
  Half-half/ Doesn't matter  55   5.6 
  Oppose  646   65.5 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  145   14.7 
  Total  986   100.0 
  Missing  23    

[2] The task force headed by the Chief Secretary Donald Tsang has also submitted its reports. Do you think its reports represent the public's views on changing the political system in Hong Kong?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  190   19.1 
  Half-half  54   5.4 
  No  587   59.2 
  Don't know / Hard to say  162   16.3 
  Total  992   100.0 
  Missing  17    

[3] How much do you agree or disagree that the public's lack of awareness on political participation is an impediment to Hong Kong achieving greater democracy? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Agree very much  176   )   17.5   ) 
  Agree somewhat  269   ) 444   26.8   ) 44.4 
  Half-half  42      4.2    
  Disagree somewhat  216   )   21.6   ) 
  Disagree very much  198   ) 414   19.8   ) 41.3 
  Don't know / Hard to say  101      10.1    
  Total  1,002      100.0    
  Missing  7          

[4] How much do you agree or disagree that the political parties can help to improve the problem of public's awareness on political participation in Hong Kong? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Agree very much  197   )   19.6   ) 
  Agree somewhat  419   ) 616   41.7   ) 61.3 
  Half-half  73      7.3    
  Disagree somewhat  162   )   16.2   ) 
  Disagree very much  84   ) 247   8.4   ) 24.6 
  Don't know / Hard to say  69      6.9    
  Total  1,005      100.0    
  Missing  4          

[5] How much do you agree or disagree that the lack of political talent is an impediment to Hong Kong achieving greater democracy? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Agree very much  285   )   28.3   ) 
  Agree somewhat  271   ) 556   27.0   ) 55.3 
  Half-half  33      3.3    
  Disagree somewhat  198   )   19.7   ) 
  Disagree very much  158   ) 357   15.7   ) 35.5 
  Don't know / Hard to say  60      5.9    
  Total  1,005      100.0    
  Missing  4          

[6] How much do you agree or disagree that the political parties can help to improve the problem of political talent in Hong Kong? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Agree very much  166   )   16.6   ) 
  Agree somewhat  412   ) 578   41.3   ) 57.9 
  Half-half  62      6.2    
  Disagree somewhat  180   )   18.0   ) 
  Disagree very much  106   ) 286   10.6   ) 28.6 
  Don't know / Hard to say  73      7.3    
  Total  999      100.0    
  Missing  10          

[7] How much do you agree or disagree that the lack of public policy research is an impediment to Hong Kong achieving greater democracy? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Agree very much  195   )   19.6   ) 
  Agree somewhat  355   ) 551   35.6   ) 55.3 
  Half-half  31      3.1    
  Disagree somewhat  172   )   17.2   ) 
  Disagree very much  105   ) 277   10.6   ) 27.8 
  Don't know / Hard to say  138      13.8    
  Total  996      100.0    
  Missing  13          

[8] How much do you agree or disagree that the political parties can help to improve the problem of public policy research in Hong Kong? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Agree very much  190   )   18.9   ) 
  Agree somewhat  445   ) 634   44.3   ) 63.2 
  Half-half  54      5.4    
  Disagree somewhat  158   )   15.8   ) 
  Disagree very much  59   ) 218   5.9   ) 21.7 
  Don't know / Hard to say  97      9.7    
  Total  1,003      100.0    
  Missing  6          

[9] All in all, do you think party politics are more beneficial or harmful to the democratic development in Hong Kong?
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  More beneficial  494   49.2   605   60.3** 
  Half and half  267   26.6   119   11.9** 
  More harmful  117   11.7   190   18.9** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  126   12.5   90   8.9** 
  Total  1,004   100.0   1,004   100.0 
  Missing  4      5   　 

[10] Do you think political parties should play a bigger or lesser role in the governance of Hong Kong?
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Bigger role  535   53.5   483   48.3* 
  Remain the same as it is  186   18.6   81   8.1** 
  Lesser role  130   13.0   285   28.4** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  149   14.9   153   15.2 
  Total  1,000   100.0   1,001   100.0 
  Missing  8      8   　 

[11] Do you think that your interest has been represented by some political parties in Hong Kong?
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  286   28.4   345   34.3** 
  No  589   58.6   567   56.5 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  131   13.0   92   9.2** 
  Total  1,005   100.0   1,004   100.0 
  Missing  3      5   　 

[12] Which of the following political groups do you support most? (Unprompted, only one answer is allowed.)
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  DP led by Young Sum  228   23.2   230   23.4 
  LP led by James Tien  74   7.5   130   13.2** 
  FTU led by Chan Yuen-han  103   10.5   109   11.1 
  HKCTU led by Lau Chin-shek and Lee Cheuk-yan  113   11.5   105   10.7 
  Frontier led by Emily Lau  50   5.1   59   6.0 
  DAB led by Ma Lik  55   5.6   58   5.9 
  NWS led by Leung Yiu-chung  43   4.4   34   3.4 
  ADPL led by Frederick Fung  47   4.8   26   2.6** 
  AFA led by Leung Kwok-hung  4   0.4   7   0.7 
  HKPA led by Ambrose Lau  3   0.3   7   0.7 
  Others  1   0.1   6   0.6 
  None  154   15.7   96   9.8** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  107   10.9   115   11.7 
  Total  983   100.0   982   100.0 
  Missing  25      27   　 

[13] What do you think is the most important task for political groups to handle in the coming year? (Unprompted, only one answer is allowed.)
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Striving for democracy  66   6.7   83   8.4 
  Striving for general elections of CE and Legco  54   5.5   40   4.1 
  Improving the relationship with the Central Beijing Government  12   1.3   23   2.3 
  Other political issues  69   7.1   69   7.0 
  Proposing measures for revitalizing the economy/ improving unemployment  420   43.2   282   28.7** 
  Paying concern over the underprivileged  19   2.0   15   1.5 
  Other economic/ livelihood issues  71   7.3   85   8.6 
  Community work  9   0.9   9   0.9 
  Conducting policy studies  21   2.2   9   0.9* 
  Preparing for elections  10   1.0   5   0.6 
  Other issues on party developments  5   0.5   13   1.3 
  Collecting and reflecting public opinion  - -   - -   45   4.6 
  More communication with the government  - -   - -   11   1.1 
  Not organizing demonstration  - -   - -   5   0.5 
  Others  25   2.5   71   7.2** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  186   19.1   218   22.2 
  Total  974   100.0   983   100.0 
  Missing  34      26   　 

[14] 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?
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Positive adjectives  158   16.1   158   16.2 
  Negative adjectives  222   22.5   307   31.5** 
  Neutral adjectives  71   7.2   59   6.1 
  Ambiguous adjectives  63   6.4   17   1.7** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  471   47.8   389   39.9** 
  Person names  - -   - -   44   4.5 
  Total  985   100.0   975   100.0 
  Missing  23      34   　 

[15] Are you satisfied with the work performance of "Frontier"?
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied   17   )   1.7   )   35   )   3.5*   ) 
  Quite satisfied   190   ) 207   19.2   ) 20.9   213   ) 248   21.6   ) 25.1* 
  Half and half  268      27.1      212      21.5**    
  Quite dissatisfied  127   )   12.8   )   140   )   14.2   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  62   ) 189   6.3   ) 19.1   143   ) 283   14.5**   ) 28.7** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  324      32.8      244      24.7**    
  Total  988      100.0      986      100.0    
  Missing  20      23                

[16] Which class do you think "Frontier" represents?
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Upper class  22   2.2   22   2.2 
  Upper middle class  46   4.6   35   3.6 
  Middle class  171   17.2   153   15.6 
  Lower middle class  188   19.0   214   21.9 
  Grassroots  205   20.6   198   20.2 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  362   36.5   356   36.4 
  Total  992   100.0   977   100.0 
  Missing  16      32   　 

[17] Are you satisfied with the performance of DP? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied  32   )   3.2   )   70   )   6.9**   ) 
  Quite satisfied  271   ) 303   27.1   ) 30.3   278   ) 348   27.7   ) 34.6* 
  Half and half  319      32.0      248      24.7**    
  Quite dissatisfied  173   )    17.3   )    170   )   16.9   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  75   ) 248   7.5   ) 24.8   158   ) 328   15.7**   ) 32.6** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  129      12.9      81      8.1**    
  Total  999      100.0      1,005      100.0    
  Missing  9      4                

[18] Which class do you think DP represents?
   Frequency  Percentage
  Upper class  21   2.1 
  Upper middle class  67   6.8 
  Middle class  206   20.8 
  Lower middle class  220   22.2 
  Grassroots  195   19.7 
  None of the above  88   8.9 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  193   19.5 
  Total  990   100.0 
  Missing  19   　 

[19] To what extent do you think DP represents your interests? (Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Very much represents  54   )   5.4   ) 
  Somewhat represents  203   ) 257   20.3   ) 25.7 
  Half-half  153      15.2    
  Not much  294   )   29.3   ) 
  Not at all  205   ) 498   20.4   ) 49.7 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  95      9.4    
  Total  1,003      100.0    
  Missing  6          

[20] Do you think DP is doing a good job in coping with economic problems facing Hong Kong？(Interviewers to probe degree)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Yes, very much  25   )   2.5   ) 
  Yes, to a certain extent  137   ) 162   13.6   ) 16.2 
  Half-half  254      25.3    
  No, to a small extent only  241   )   24.0   ) 
  Not at all  208   ) 448   20.7   ) 44.8 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  138      13.7    
  Total  1,002      100.0    
  Missing  7          

[21] Are you satisfied with the political stand of DP?
   1st survey  2nd survey 
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Very satisfied  45   )   4.5   )   83   )   8.2**   ) 
  Quite satisfied  308   ) 353   31.0   ) 35.5   277   ) 359   27.5   ) 35.8 
  Half and half  302      30.3      247      24.6**    
  Quite dissatisfied  127   )   12.8   )   135   )   13.4   ) 
  Very dissatisfied  70   ) 197   7.0   ) 19.8   173   ) 308   17.2**   ) 30.6** 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  143      14.4      90      9.0**    
  Total  995      100.0      1,005      100.0    
  Missing  13      4                

[22] Which job area do you think LP can perform most effectively? (Unprompted, only one answer is allowed.)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Promoting economic development  129   13.3 
  Reflecting public opinion  60   6.2 
  Maintaining the interests of businessmen  42   4.4 
  Maintaining the interests of the middle class  40   4.1 
  Balancing voices from different sectors in society  32   3.3 
  Easing conflicts between China and HK  25   2.5 
  Advocating democratic development  19   2.0 
  Motivating government administration  9   0.9 
  Supporting the government  8   0.9 
  Others  82   8.5 
  None  19   2.0 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  503   52.0 
  Total  967   100.0 
  Missing  42    

[23] In your opinion, what is the major difficulty facing LP in the LC direct election? (Unprompted, only one answer is allowed.)
   Frequency  Percentage
  No solid ground of support  151   15.6 
  Unable to represent the grassroots  98   10.1 
  Swinging stands  37   3.8 
  Opposition from the Beijing government  34   3.5 
  Inadequate community work  20   2.1 
  No talents for direct elections  18   1.9 
  Unclear political stands  18   1.8 
  The limitations of the existing voting system  18   1.8 
  Blurred party image  14   1.5 
  Too strong "pro-government" image  9   1.0 
  Others  65   6.7 
  No difficulties  17   1.7 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  473   48.6 
  Total  973   100.0 
  Missing  36    

[24] What is your impression of LP's James Tien? (Interviewer to group and record the adjectives.)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Positive adjectives  375   38.6 
  Negative adjectives  189   19.5 
  Neutral adjectives  176   18.2 
  Ambiguous adjectives  46   4.8 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  184   18.9 
  Total  971   100.0 
  Missing  38    

[25] What is your impression of LP's Selina Chow? (Interviewer to group and record the adjectives.)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Positive adjectives  407   41.7 
  Negative adjectives  128   13.1 
  Neutral adjectives  192   19.7 
  Ambiguous adjectives  31   3.2 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  217   22.3 
  Total  975   100.0 
  Missing  34    

[26] What area should LP focus on at present? (Unprompted, only one answer is allowed.)
   Frequency  Percentage
  Promoting economic development  175   18.0 
  Serving the community  132   13.5 
  Advocating democracy  54   5.5 
  More communication with HK people  46   4.7 
  Fighting for the interests of common HK people  38   3.9 
  Policy research  34   3.5 
  Party development (eg: trainings, recruitment of members, etc.)  26   2.7 
  Clarifying its political stand/platform  25   2.6 
  Strengthening its relationship with the HKSARG  10   1.0 
  Strengthening its relationship with the Chinese Central government  6   0.6 
  Others  90   9.2 
  Don't know/ Hard to say  337   34.6 
  Total  974   100.0 
  Missing  35