Date of survey

Effective sample size

Effective response rate

Maximum sampling error^[6]

5-6/3/2018 (Naming survey)

501

57.7%

+/-4%

15-20/3/2018 (Rating survey)

1,006

62.5%

+/-2.4

Regina Ip

18%{1}

17%{1}

--^[9]

22%{1}

23+/-4%{1}

--

Bernard Chan

2%{8}

3%{6}

5%{2}

14%{2}

9+/-3%{2}

--

Fanny Law

4%{5}

4%{3}

4%{3}

4%{5}

6+/-2%{3}

↑2

Ronny Tong

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

9%{4}

4+/-2%{4}

--

Arthur Li

6%{4}

4%{2}

3%{4}

3%{6}

3+/-2%{5}

↑1

Joseph Yam

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

9%{3}

3+/-1%{6}

↓3

Cheung Kwok-kwan

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

1%{12}

2+/-1%{7}

↑5

Ip Kwok-him

--^[9]

1%{8}

2%{7}

2%{7}

1+/-1%{8}

↓1

Laura Cha

1%{11}

1%{9}

1%{9}

1%{8}

1+/-1%{9}

↓1

Tommy Cheung

--^[9]

--^[9]

2%{5}

1%{9}

1+/-1%{10}

↓1

Jeffrey Lam

1%{10}

<1%{12}

2%{8}

<1%{16}

1+/-1%{11}

↑5

Wong Kwok-kin

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

1%{11}

1+/-1%{12}

↓1

Kenneth Lau

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

1%{13}

<1+/-<1%{13}

--

Martin Liao

--^[9]

--^[9]

1%{10}

<1%{14}

<1+/-<1%{14}

--

Chow Chung-kong

<1%{14}

<1%{14}

1%{12}

1%{10}

<1+/-<1%{15}

↓5

Lam Ching-choi

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

<1%{15}

--

--

Lam Woon-kwong

7%{3}

4%{4}

8%{1}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Cheng Yiu-tong

2%{7}

3%{5}

2%{6}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Cheung Chi-kong

3%{6}

2%{7}

1%{11}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Anna Wu

1%{9}

<1%{11}

<1%{13}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Cheung Hok-ming

1%{13}

1%{10}

<1%{14}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Andrew Liao

1%{12}

<1%{13}

<1%{15}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Starry Lee

8%{2}

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--^[9]

--

Wrong answer

14%

17%

26%

7%

14+/-3%

--

Don’t know/hard to say

65%

66%

65%

65%

65+/-4%

--

Joseph Yam

--^[13]

--^[13]

--^[13]

57.9{1}

58.2+/-2.0{1}

87.3%

+0.3

Regina Ip

49.0{2}

49.4{2}

--^[13]

47.3{3}

49.7+/-2.1{2}

95.6%

+2.4^[12]

Ronny Tong

--^[13]

--^[13]

--^[13]

49.2{2}

49.1+/-2.0{3}

89.2%

-0.1

Fanny Law

43.5{4}^[12]

40.6{4}^[12]

44.4{2}^[12]

41.7{4}

41.1+/-2.4{4}

86.6%

-0.6

Arthur Li

40.3{5}

37.3{5}^[12]

39.4{5}

36.7{5}^[12]

37.8+/-2.4{5}

80.4%

+1.1

Bernard Chan

--

54.6^[11]

50.8^{[11] [12]}

50.1^[11]

49.4+/-2.2 ^[11]

70.8%

-0.7

Tommy Cheung

--^[13]

--^[13]

40.5{4}

--

--

--

--

Lam Woon-kwong

53.1{1}

55.6{1}^[12]

51.2{1}^[12]

--^[13]

--^[13]

--

--

Cheng Yiu-tong

--

44.4{3}

42.2{3}

--^[13]

--^[13]

--

--

Starry Lee

44.2{3}

--^[13]

--^[13]

--^[13]

--^[13]

--

--

Cheung Chi-kong

43.0^[11]

--

--

--^[13]

--^[13]

--

--

Fanny Law

40.6

44.4

41.7

41.1

4

42.0

1

Arthur Li

37.3

39.4

36.7

37.8

4

37.8

2

Regina Ip

49.4

--^[16]

47.3

49.7

3

48.8

3

Joseph Yam

--^[16]

--^[16]

57.9

58.2

2

58.1

4

Lam Woon-kwong

55.6

51.2

--^[16]

--^[16]

2

53.4

5

Ronny Tong

--^[16]

--^[16]

49.2

49.1

2

49.1

6

Cheng Yiu-tong

44.4

42.2

--^[16]

--^[16]

2

43.3

7

Tommy Cheung

--^[16]

40.5

--

--

1

40.5

8

17/3/18

Xi Jinping is elected with unanimous vote as China’s president and chairman of the Central Military Commission.

12/3/18

The pro-democracy camp and the pro-establishment camp win two seats each in the Legislative Council by-election.

11/3/18

The National People’s Congress passes the constitutional amendment to abolish the presidential two-term limit.

3/3/18

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says the Community Care Fund will explore measures to help people who have not been covered by the Budget.

28/2/18

Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivers the first Budget of the current-term government.

9/2/18

The Housing Authority will offer more than 4,400 Home Ownership Scheme Flats next month.

6/1/18

Media reports on the suspected unauthorised building works found in Teresa Cheng’s property.

27/12/17

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passes the motion of cooperation arrangement for implementing the co-location plan.

4/11/17

The National People’s Congress Standing Committee passes decisions to include the national anthem law in Annex III of the Hong Kong Basic Law.

21/9/17

Former president of the HKU’s student union Billy Fung Jing-en and vice president Colman Li Fung-kei are sentenced to community service for barging into a HKU governing council meeting last year.

Latest figure

Public Sentiment Index
(PSI): 106.2 (-0.8)

Government Appraisal
(GA): 105.9 (+2.9)

Society Appraisal
(SA): 98.1 (-4.3)

Public Sentiment Index (PSI)

111.6

104.4

106.6

109.6

107.0

106.2

-0.8

Government Appraisal (GA)

108.2

101.3

103.0

107.6

103.1

105.9

+2.9

Rating of CE

58.7

54.4

53.6

55.7

56.3

56.8

+0.4

Net approval rate of CE

15%

4%

4%

7%

6%

3%

-3%

Mean value of people’s satisfaction with SARG

2.9

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

--

Mean value of people’s trust in SARG

3.1

2.9

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.1

+0.1

Society Appraisal (SA)

105.4

99.5

101.6

102.5

102.4

98.1

-4.3

People’s satisfaction with political condition

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.1

-0.1

Weighting index of political condition

0.31^[17]

0.31^[17]

0.31^[17]

0.31^[17]

0.31^[17]

0.31^[17]

--

People’s satisfaction with economic condition

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

--

Weighting index of economic condition

0.34^[17]

0.34^[17]

0.34^[17]

0.34^[17]

0.34^[17]

0.34^[17]

--

People’s satisfaction with livelihood condition

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

-0.1

Weighting index of livelihood condition

0.36^[17]

0.36^[17]

0.36^[17]

0.36^[17]

0.36^[17]

0.36^[17]

--

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