Date of survey

Effective
sample size

Effective response rate

Maximum sampling error
of percentages / ratings^[6]

1-6/9/2017 (First stage naming survey)

1,010

51.1%^[7]

+/-3%

12-15/9/2017 (Second stage rating survey)

1,017

57.6%^[7]

+/-2.0

Regina Ip

20%{1}

18%{1}

17%{1}

--^[9]

22+/-3%{1}

--

Bernard Chan

3%{6}

2%{8}

3%{6}

5%{2}

14+/-2%{2}

--

Joseph Yam

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

9+/-2%{3}^[10]

--

Ronny Tong

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

9+/-2%{4}^[10]

--

Fanny Law

5%{5}

4%{5}

4%{3}

4%{3}

4+/-1%{5}

↓2

Arthur Li

6%{3}

6%{4}

4%{2}

3%{4}

3+/-1%{6}

↓2

Ip Kwok-him

--^[9]

--^[9]

1%{8}

2%{7}

2+/-1%{7}

--

Laura Cha

1%{10}

1%{11}

1%{9}

1%{9}

1+/-1%{8}^[11]

↑1

Tommy Cheung

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

2%{5}

1+/-1%{9}^[11]

↓4

Chow Chung-kong

<1%{13}

<1%{14}

<1%{14}

1%{12}

1+/-1%{10}^[11]

↑2

Wong Kwok-kin

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

1+/-1%{11}^[11]

--

Cheung Kwok-kwan

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

1+/-1%{12}^[11]

--

Kenneth Lau

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

1+/-1%{13}^[11]

--

Martin Liao

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

1%{10}

<1+/-<1%{14}^[12]

↓4

Lam Ching-choi

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

<1+/-<1%{15}^[12]

--

Jeffrey Lam

2%{9}

1%{10}

<1%{12}

2%{8}

<1+/-<1%{16}^[12]

↓8

Lam Woon-kwong

5%{4}

7%{3}

4%{4}

8%{1}

--^[9]

--

Cheng Yiu-tong

3%{7}

2%{7}

3%{5}

2%{6}

--^[9]

--

Cheung Chi-kong

2%{8}

3%{6}

2%{7}

1%{11}

--^[9]

--

Anna Wu

1%{11}

1%{9}

<1%{11}

<1%{13}

--^[9]

--

Cheung Hok-ming

0%{15}

1%{13}

1%{10}

<1%{14}

--^[9]

--

Andrew Liao

<1%{12}

1%{12}

<1%{13}

<1%{15}

--^[9]

--

Starry Lee

14%{2}

8%{2}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Nicholas Yang

0%{15}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Wrong answer

15%

14%

17%

26%

7+/-2%

--

Don’t know/hard to say

61%

65%

66%

65%

65+/-3%

--

Joseph Yam

--^[16]

--^[16]

--^[16]

--^[16]

57.9+/-1.7{1}

85.5%

--

Ronny Tong

--^[16]

--^[16]

--^[16]

--^[16]

49.2+/-1.9{2}

88.4%

--

Regina Ip

48.1{2}

49.0{2}

49.4{2}

--^[16]

47.3+/-1.8{3}

94.4%

--

Fanny Law

39.6{4}

43.5{4}^[15]

40.6{4}^[15]

44.4{2}^[15]

41.7+/-2.0{4}

85.8%

-2.7

Arthur Li

38.8{5}

40.3{5}

37.3{5}^[15]

39.4{5}

36.7+/-2.0{5}

82.0%

-2.7^[15]

Bernard Chan

54.9^[14]

--

54.6^[14]

50.8^{[14] [15]}

50.1+/-1.9^[14]

70.3%

-0.7

Tommy Cheung

--^[16]

--^[16]

--^[16]

40.5{4}

--

--

--

Lam Woon-kwong

54.3{1}

53.1{1}

55.6{1}^[15]

51.2{1}^[15]

--^[16]

--

--

Cheng Yiu-tong

--

--

44.4{3}

42.2{3}

--^[16]

--

--

Starry Lee

42.3{3}

44.2{3}

--^[16]

--^[16]

--^[16]

--

--

Cheung Chi-kong

--

43.0^[14]

--

--

--^[16]

--

--

Fanny Law

43.5

40.6

44.4

41.7

4

42.6

1

Arthur Li

40.3

37.3

39.4

36.7

4

38.4

2

Lam Woon-kwong

53.1

55.6

51.2

--^[19]

3

53.3

3

Regina Ip

49.0

49.4

--^[19]

47.3

3

48.6

4

Cheng Yiu-tong

--

44.4

42.2

--^[19]

2

43.3

5

Joseph Yam

--^[19]

--^[19]

--^[19]

57.9

1

57.9

6

Ronny Tong

--^[19]

--^[19]

--^[19]

49.2

1

49.2

7

Starry Lee

44.2

--^[19]

--^[19]

--^[19]

1

44.2

8

Tommy Cheung

--^[19]

--^[19]

40.5

--

1

40.5

9

8/9/17

A slogan congratulating Choi Yuk-lin on her son’s death is posted on the democracy wall at the Education University of Hong Kong.

6/9/17

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor unveils the scheme for local first-time homebuyers.

17/8/17

Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow have been sentenced to six to eight months in prison.

3/8/17

Joseph Yam Chi-kwong publishes an article titled “Public Finance in Hong Kong” on his blog.

25/7/17

The government announces the co-location arrangement for the Express Rail Link.

14/7/17

The High Court disqualifies four lawmakers from the Legislative Council.

23/6/17

The Executive Council passes the proposal of abolishing the MPF offsetting mechanism.

22/6/17

Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announces the Executive Council membership for the new-term Government.

13/6/17

The Chief Executive in Council has endorsed the report and recommendations of the Standard Working Hours Committee.

3/6/17

The Development Bureau announces the Sustainable Lantau Blueprint.

17/5/17

The government invites the Hong Kong Housing Society to study the feasibility of building housing on the fringes of Tai Lam and Ma On Shan country parks.

10/4/17

The government announces Life Annuity Scheme.

Latest figure

Public Sentiment Index
(PSI): 107.2 ( -7.2)

Government Appraisal
(GA): 106.1 (-5.6)

Society Appraisal
(SA): 99.6 (-7.3)

Public Sentiment Index (PSI)

109.1

103.0

106.0

109.2

114.4

107.2

-7.2

Government Appraisal (GA)

113.1

105.6

107.6

110.2

111.8

106.1

-5.6

Rating of CE

63.7

58.5

59.0

60.2

59.0

57.4^[22]

-1.6

Net approval rate of CE

19%

15%

15%

14%

15%

7%

-8%

Mean value of people’s satisfaction with SARG

2.9

2.7

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.9

-0.1

Mean value of people’s trust in SARG

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.0

-0.2

Society Appraisal (SA)

96.0

92.6

96.0

99.2

106.9

99.6

-7.3

People’s satisfaction with political condition

2.3

2.0

2.2

2.1

2.4

2.1

-0.3

Weighting index of political condition

0.30^[20]

0.30^[20]

0.30^[20]

0.30^[20]

0.30^[20]

0.30^[20]

--

People’s satisfaction with economic condition

2.8

2.9

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

+0.1

Weighting index of economic condition

0.34^[20]

0.34^[20]

0.34^[20]

0.34^[20]

0.34^[20]

0.34^[20]

--

People’s satisfaction with livelihood condition

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.6

-0.2

Weighting index of livelihood condition

0.36^[20]

0.36^[20]

0.36^[20]

0.36^[20]

0.36^[20]

0.36^[20]

--

Score value

Percentile

Score value

Percentile

140-200

Highest 1%

0-60

Lowest 1%

125

Highest 5%

75

Lowest 5%

120

Highest 10%

80

Lowest 10%

110

Highest 25%

90

Lowest 25%

100 being normal level, meaning half above half below