HKU POP releases popularity figures of CE and principal officialsBack

Press Release on May 15, 2018

| Detailed Findings (Rating of Chief Executive Carrie Lam) | Detailed Findings (Popularity of Principal Officials) |

Special Announcements

1. From July 2017, apart from sampling landline numbers to conduct opinion surveys, the Public Opinion Programme (POP) of The University of Hong Kong has also added mobile numbers to the sampling frame. After three months of testing, in October 2017, POP formalized the use of mixed samples as its standard for regular opinion surveys using a landline and mobile sample ratio of 4 to 1. Starting from April 2018, POP further increased the proportion of mobile sample, which the landline and mobile sample ratio became 2 to 1. The figures released today by POP have already incorporated landline and mobile samples.

2. To facilitate academic study and rational discussion, POP today released via the "HKU POP SITE" (http://hkupop.pori.hk) the raw data and related respondents' demographics of the latest rating survey of CE Carrie Lam, together with those of regular rating surveys of former CEs CH Tung, Donald Tsang and CY Leung released earlier, for public examination. Please follow normal academic standards when using or citing such data.

Abstract

POP interviewed 1,017 Hong Kong people between 4 and 9 May, 2018 by means of a random telephone survey conducted by real interviewers. Our latest survey shows that the popularity rating of CE Carrie Lam has significantly increased by 3.9 marks to 57.8 compared to two weeks ago. Her latest approval rate is 49%, disapproval rate 35%, giving a net popularity of positive 13 percentage points, which has significantly increased by 9 percentage points from two weeks ago. As for the Secretaries of Departments, the latest support rating of CS Matthew Cheung is 51.7 marks. His approval rate is 32%, disapproval rate 23%, giving a net popularity of positive 9 percentage points. The latest support rating of FS Paul Chan is 39.8 marks, approval rate 15%, disapproval rate 52%, thus a net popularity of negative 38 percentage points. As for SJ Teresa Cheng, her support rating is also 39.8 marks, approval rate 15%, disapproval rate 36%, giving a net popularity of negative 21 percentage points. In terms of popularity rating and net approval rate, Matthew Cheung continues to be the most popular Secretary of Department. As for the Directors of Bureaux, compared to one month ago, the net approval rates of 6 among 13 Directors have gone up, 4 have gone down while 3 remained unchanged. Among them, Secretary for the Civil Service Joshua Law and Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung register significant changes in their net approval rates, up by 6 and down by 11 percentage points respectively. Among all the Directors, Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung and Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah register negative popularity, at negative 1, negative 8 and negative 12 percentage points respectively. Sophia Chan is currently the most popular Director, with a net approval rate of positive 45 percentage points. According to POP's standard, no one falls under the category of "ideal" performer, Sophia Chan falls under the category of "successful" performer. The performance of Carrie Lam, Edward Yau, Law Chi-kwong, Wong Kam-sing, Matthew Cheung, Frank Chan, Lau Kong-wah, Kevin Yeung and Teresa Cheng can be labeled as "mediocre". That of Joshua Law, John Lee, James Lau, Michael Wong, Nicholas Yang and Patrick Nip can be labeled as "inconspicuous". Paul Chan falls into the category of "depressing" performer, while no one falls into that of "disastrous". The maximum sampling error of all approval and disapproval rates is +/-4 percentage points at 95% confidence level, while the sampling errors of rating figures and net approval rates need another calculation. The response rate of the survey is 60%.

Points to note:

[1] The address of the "HKU POP SITE" is http://hkupop.pori.hk, journalists can check out the details of the survey there.

[2] The sample size of this survey is 1,017 successful interviews, not 1,017 x 59.5% response rate. In the past, many media made this mistake.

[3] "95% confidence level" means that if we were to repeat a certain survey 100 times, using the same questions each time but with different random samples, we would expect 95 times getting a figure within the error margins specified. When quoting these figures, journalists can state "sampling error of rating not more than +/-2.3, sampling error of percentages not more than +/-4%, and sampling error of net values not more than +/-7% at 95% confidence level".

[4] Because of sampling errors in conducting the survey(s) and the rounding procedures in processing the data, the figures cannot be too precise, and the totals may not be completely accurate. Therefore, when quoting percentages of the survey(s), journalists should refrain from reporting decimal places, but when quoting the rating figures, one decimal place can be used.

[5] The data of this survey is collected by means of random telephone interviews conducted by real interviewers, not by any interactive voice system (IVS). If a research organization uses "computerized random telephone survey" to camouflage its IVS operation, it should be considered unprofessional.

Latest Figures

POP today releases the latest popularity figures of CE Carrie Lam and various Secretaries of Departments and Directors of Bureaux under the accountability system. From July 2017, POP enhanced the previous weighting method that has been used for quite a few years. Apart from age, gender and education, economic activity group is now also taken into account when adjusting data. The latest figures released today have been rim-weighted according to figures collected in the 2016 By-census regarding the gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population and the 2017 educational attainment (highest level attended) distribution and economic activity status distribution obtained from the Census and Statistics Department. The mobile sample has also been rim-weighted according to the basic Public Sentiment Index (PSI) figures collected in the landline sample. Herewith the contact information for the latest survey:

Date of survey	Effective sample size	Effective response rate	Maximum sampling error of percentages^[6]
4-9/5/2018	1,017	59.5%	+/-3%

[6] Errors are calculated at 95% confidence level using full sample size. "95% confidence level" means that if we were to repeat a certain survey 100 times, using the same questions each time but with different random samples, we would expect 95 times getting a figure within the error margins specified. Questions using only sub-samples would have bigger sampling error. Sampling errors of ratings and net approval rates are calculated according to the distribution of the scores collected.

As different questions involve different sub-samples, the sampling errors will vary accordingly. The table below briefly shows the relationship between sample size and maximum sampling errors for the readers to capture the corresponding changes:

Sample size (total sample or sub-sample)	Sampling error of percentages^[7] (maximum values)	Sample size (total sample or sub-sample)	Sampling error of percentages^[7] (maximum values)
Sample size (total sample or sub-sample)	Sampling error of percentages^[7] (maximum values)	Sample size (total sample or sub-sample)	Sampling error of percentages^[7] (maximum values)	1,300	+/- 2.8%	1,350	+/- 2.7%
1,200	+/- 2.9%	1,250	+/- 2.8%
1,100	+/- 3.0%	1,150	+/- 3.0%
1,000	+/- 3.2%	1,050	+/- 3.1%
900	+/- 3.3%	950	+/- 3.2%
800	+/- 3.5%	850	+/- 3.4%
700	+/- 3.8%	750	+/- 3.7%
600	+/- 4.1%	650	+/- 3.9%
500	+/- 4.5%	550	+/- 4.3%
400	+/- 5.0%	450	+/- 4.7%

[7] Based on 95% confidence interval.

Recent popularity figures of CE Carrie Lam are summarized as follows:

Date of survey	20-22/2/18	1-6/3/18	15-20/3/18	2-4/4/18	16-19/4/18	*4-9/5/18*	*Latest change*
Sample base	1,017	1,002	1,006	1,003	1,001	*1,017*	--
Effective response rate	63.6%	64.7%	62.5%	57.9%	56.4%	*59.5%*	--
Finding	Finding	Finding	Finding	Finding	Finding	*Finding and error^[8]*	--
Rating of CE Carrie Lam	55.7^[9]	56.3	56.8	55.6	53.9	*57.8+/-1.7*	*+3.9^[9]*
Vote of confidence in CE Carrie Lam	47%	47%	44%	42%	45%	*49+/-3%*	*+4%^[9]*
Vote of no confidence in CE Carrie Lam	40%	41%	41%	44%	41%	*35+/-3%*	*-6%^[9]*
Net approval rate	7%	6%	3%	-2%	4%	*13+/-6%*	*+9%^[9]*

[8] All error figures in the table are calculated at 95% confidence level. "95% confidence level" means that if we were to repeat a certain survey 100 times, using the same questions each time but with different random samples, we would expect 95 times getting a figure within the error margins specified. Media can state "sampling error of rating not more than +/-1.7, sampling error of percentages not more than +/-3%, sampling error of net approval rates not more than +/-6% at 95% confidence level" when quoting the above figures. The error margin of previous survey can be found at the POP Site.

[9] Such changes have gone beyond the sampling errors at the 95% confidence level, meaning that they are statistically significant prima facie. However, whether numerical differences are statistically significant is not the same as whether they are practically useful or meaningful, and different weighting methods could have been applied in different surveys.

Recent popularity figures of the three Secretaries of Departments under the accountability system are summarized below:

Date of survey	3-4/1/18	1-6/2/18	28/2/18 ^[10]	1-6/3/18	2-4/4/18	*4-9/5/18*	*Latest change*
Sample base^[10]	725-760	748-796	614	785-815	744-765	*532-579*	--
Effective response rate	58.3%	62.5%	67.5%	64.7%	57.9%	*59.5%*	--
Finding	Finding	Finding	Finding	Finding	Finding	*Finding & error^[11]*	--
Rating of CS Matthew Cheung	53.7^[12]	50.8^[12]	--	53.2^[12]	51.0^[12]	*51.7+/-2.0*	*+0.7*
Vote of confidence in CS Matthew Cheung	34%	36%	--	31%^[12]	28%	*32+/-4%*	*+4%*
Vote of no confidence in CS Matthew Cheung	17%^[12]	22%^[12]	--	20%	24%^[12]	*23+/-4%*	*-1%*
Net approval rate	17%^[12]	14%	--	12%	3%^[12]	*9+/-6%*	*+6%*
Rating of FS Paul Chan	43.8	44.3	44.5	42.1^[12]	36.2^[12]	*39.8+/-2.3*	*+3.6^[12]*
Vote of confidence in FS Paul Chan	25%	26%	30%	24%^[12]	17%^[12]	*15+/-3%*	*-2%*
Vote of no confidence in FS Paul Chan	41%	38%	41%	48%^[12]	61%^[12]	*52+/-4%*	*-9%^[12]*
Net approval rate	-16%	-12%	-12%	-24%^[12]	-44%^[12]	*-38+/-6%*	*+6%*
Rating of SJ Teresa Cheng	--	34.1	--	37.5^[12]	37.9	*39.8+/-2.2*	*+1.9*
Vote of confidence in SJ Teresa Cheng	--	19%	--	19%	14%^[12]	*15+/-3%*	*+1%*
Vote of no confidence in SJ Teresa Cheng	--	48%	--	43%^[12]	45%	*36+/-4%*	*-9%^[12]*
Net approval rate	--	-29%	--	-24%	-30%^[12]	*-21+/-6%*	*+9%^[12]*

[10] The frequency of this series of questions is different from that of CE popularity ratings. Comparisons, if made, should be synchronized using the same intervals. These questions only uses sub-samples of the tracking surveys concerned, the sample size for each question also varies. The survey conducted on 28/2/2018 was the Budget instant survey and only asked rating of FS as well as his vote of confidence.

[11] All error figures in the table are calculated at 95% confidence level. "95% confidence level" means that if we were to repeat a certain survey 100 times, using the same questions each time but with different random samples, we would expect 95 times getting a figure within the error margins specified. Media can state "sampling error of various ratings not more than +/-2.3, sampling error of percentages not more than +/-4%, sampling error of net approval rates not more than +/-6% at 95% confidence level" when quoting the above figures. The error margin of previous survey can be found at the POP Site.

[12] Such changes have gone beyond the sampling errors at the 95% confidence level, meaning that they are statistically significant prima facie. However, whether numerical differences are statistically significant is not the same as whether they are practically useful or meaningful, and different weighting methods could have been applied in different surveys.

Latest popularity figures of Directors of Bureaux under the accountability system are summarized below, in descending order of net approval rates:

Date of survey	1-6/3/18		2-4/4/18		*4-9/5/18*		*Latest change*
Sample base^[13]	549-633		571-621		*587-637*		--
Effective response rate	64.7%		57.9%		*59.5%*		--
Sample base / Percentage of answer	Base	%	Base	%	*Base*	% & error ^[14]	--
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan	612	47%	604	53%^[15]	*624*	*52+/-4%*	*-1%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan	612	9%	604	6%^[15]	*624*	*7+/-2%*	*+1%*
Net approval rate	612	38%	604	47%^[15]	*624*	*45+/-5%*	*-2%*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau	619	41%	571	42%	*587*	*46+/-4%*	*+4%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau	619	10%^[15]	571	10%	*587*	*10+/-2%*	--
Net approval rate	619	32%	571	32%	*587*	*37+/-5%*	*+5%*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for the Civil Service Joshua Law	627	41%	621	38%	*596*	*41+/-4%*	*+3%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for the Civil Service Joshua Law	627	8%	621	9%	*596*	*6+/-2%*	*-3%^[15]*
Net approval rate	627	33%	621	29%	*596*	*35+/-5%*	*+6%^[15]*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong	623	44%^[15]	594	49%^[15]	*589*	*46+/-4%*	*-3%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong	623	11%	594	12%	*589*	*11+/-3%*	*-1%*
Net approval rate	623	33%^[15]	594	37%	*589*	*34+/-6%*	*-3%*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing	633	41%	579	43%	*603*	*40+/-4%*	*-3%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing	633	15%	579	16%	*603*	*12+/-3%*	*-4%^[15]*
Net approval rate	633	25%	579	27%	*603*	*27+/-6%*	--
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury James Lau	549	24%^[15]	587	25%	*629*	*25+/-4%*	--
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury James Lau	549	6%	587	6%	*629*	*5+/-2%*	*-1%*
Net approval rate	549	18%^[15]	587	19%	*629*	*20+/-4%*	*+1%*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Security John Lee	629	37%	585	33%	*592*	*33+/-4%*	--
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Security John Lee	629	13%^[15]	585	16%	*592*	*16+/-3%*	--
Net approval rate	629	24%^[15]	585	17%^[15]	*592*	*17+/-6%*	--
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Development Michael Wong	599	27%	586	24%	*637*	*24+/-3%*	--
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Development Michael Wong	599	9%	586	12%	*637*	*14+/-3%*	*+2%*
Net approval rate	599	18%	586	12%^[15]	*637*	*10+/-5%*	*-2%*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip	602	23%	572	22%	*637*	*24+/-3%*	*+2%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip	602	11%	572	16%^[15]	*637*	*15+/-3%*	*-1%*
Net approval rate	602	11%	572	6%	*637*	*9+/-5%*	*+3%*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan	610	31%	616	29%	*608*	*30+/-4%*	*+1%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan	610	22%	616	28%^[15]	*608*	*23+/-3%*	*-5%^[15]*
Net approval rate	610	10%	616	1%^[15]	*608*	*7+/-6%*	*+6%*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang	619	25%	617	25%	*607*	*24+/-4%*	*-1%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang	619	26%	617	26%	*607*	*25+/-4%*	*-1%*
Net approval rate	619	-1%	617	-1%	*607*	*-1+/-6%*	--
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung	586	28%^[15]	620	30%	*592*	*27+/-4%*	*-3%*
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung	586	22%	620	27%^[15]	*592*	*36+/-4%*	*+9%^[15]*
Net approval rate	586	6%	620	3%	*592*	*-8+/-7%*	*-11%^[15]*
Vote of confidence in Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah	588	28%	606	27%	*620*	*27+/-4%*	--
Vote of no confidence in Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah	588	39%	606	42%	*620*	*39+/-4%*	*-3%*
Net approval rate	588	-11%	606	-16%	*620*	*-12+/-7%*	*+4%*

[13] These questions only uses sub-samples of the tracking surveys concerned, the sample size for each question also varies.

[14] All error figures in the table are calculated at 95% confidence level. "95% confidence level" means that if we were to repeat a certain survey 100 times, using the same questions each time but with different random samples, we would expect 95 times getting a figure within the error margins specified. Media can state "sampling error of percentages not more than +/-4% and sampling error of net approval rates not more than +/-7% at 95% confidence level" when quoting the above figures. The error margin of previous survey can be found at the POP Site.

[15] Such changes have gone beyond the sampling errors at the 95% confidence level, meaning that they are statistically significant prima facie. However, whether numerical differences are statistically significant is not the same as whether they are practically useful or meaningful, and different weighting methods could have been applied in different surveys.

The latest survey showed that CE Carrie Lam scored 57.8 marks, and 49% supported her as CE, her net approval rate is positive 13 percentage points. Meanwhile, the corresponding ratings of CS Matthew Cheung, FS Paul Chan and SJ Teresa Cheng were 51.7, 39.8 and 39.8 marks, and 32%, 15% and 15% would vote for their reappointments correspondingly. Their net approval rates are positive 9, negative 38 and negative 21 percentage points respectively.

As for the Directors of Bureaux, according to the net approval rates, results revealed that the top position goes to Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan, attaining positive 45 percentage points. The 2nd to 4th places belong to Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau, Secretary for the Civil Service Joshua Law and Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong, with net approval rates of positive 37, positive 35 and positive 34 percentage points respectively. Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury James Lau, Secretary for Security John Lee, Secretary for Development Michael Wong, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip, Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan, Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung and Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah ranked 5th to 13th, their corresponding net approval rates are positive 27, positive 20, positive 17, positive 10, positive 9, positive 7, negative 1, negative 8 and negative 12 percentage points. In other words, no Director scored a net approval rate of over 50%.

Opinion Daily

In January 2007, POP opened a feature page called "Opinion Daily" at the "POP Site", to record significant events and selected polling figures on a day-to-day basis, in order to let readers judge by themselves the reasons for the ups and downs of different opinion figures. In July 2007, POP collaborated with Wisers Information Limited whereby Wisers supplies to POP each day starting from July 24, a record of significant events of that day, according to the research method designed by POP. These daily entries would be uploaded to "Opinion Daily" as soon as they are verified by POP.

For the polling items covered in this press release, the previous survey of some items was conducted from 2 to 4 April, 2018 while this survey was conducted from 4 to 9 May, 2018. During this period, herewith the significant events selected from counting newspaper headlines and commentaries on a daily basis and covered by at least 25% of the local newspaper articles. Readers can make their own judgment if these significant events have any impacts to different polling figures.

7/5/18	The Legislative Council's Bills Committee approves the Express Rail Link co-location bill.
5/5/18	Ted Hui is arrested for snatching an Executive Officer's phone.
3/5/18	Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends the Legislative Council question-and-answer session.
26/4/18	The Task Force on Land Supply commences public consultation.
25/4/18	Democratic Party legislator Ted Hui Chi-fung snatches the phone of an Executive Officer in the Legislative Council.
23/4/18	Director of the Liaison Office Wang Zhimin attends a LegCo luncheon and delivers a speech.
21/4/18	Qiao Xiaoyang says Hong Kong independence is unconstitutional.
15/4/18	Hong Kong holds the National Security Education Day for the first time.
13/4/18	Hong Kong Monetary Authority purchases Hong Kong dollar.
7/4/18	Media continues to report on the remarks made by Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong at a Taiwan seminar that Hong Kong could consider becoming an independent state.

Commentary

Note: The following commentary was written by Research Manager of POP, Frank Lee.

Our latest survey shows that the popularity rating of CE Carrie Lam has significantly increased by 3.9 marks to 57.8 compared to two weeks ago. Her latest approval rate is 49%, disapproval rate 35%, giving a net popularity of positive 13 percentage points, which has significantly increased by 9 percentage points from two weeks ago.

As for the Secretaries of Departments, the latest support rating of CS Matthew Cheung is 51.7 marks. His approval rate is 32%, disapproval rate 23%, giving a net popularity of positive 9 percentage points. The latest support rating of FS Paul Chan is 39.8 marks, approval rate 15%, disapproval rate 52%, thus a net popularity of negative 38 percentage points. As for SJ Teresa Cheng, her support rating is also 39.8 marks, approval rate 15%, disapproval rate 36%, giving a net popularity of negative 21 percentage points. In terms of popularity rating and net approval rate, Matthew Cheung continues to be the most popular Secretary of Department.

As for the Directors of Bureaux, compared to one month ago, the net approval rates of 6 among 13 Directors have gone up, 4 have gone down while 3 remained unchanged. Among them, Secretary for the Civil Service Joshua Law and Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung register significant changes in their net approval rates, up by 6 and down by 11 percentage points respectively. Among all the Directors, Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung and Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah register negative popularity, at negative 1, negative 8 and negative 12 percentage points respectively. Sophia Chan is currently the most popular Director, with a net approval rate of positive 45 percentage points.

According to POP's standard, no one falls under the category of "ideal" performer, Sophia Chan falls under the category of "successful" performer. The performance of Carrie Lam, Edward Yau, Law Chi-kwong, Wong Kam-sing, Matthew Cheung, Frank Chan, Lau Kong-wah, Kevin Yeung and Teresa Cheng can be labeled as "mediocre". That of Joshua Law, John Lee, James Lau, Michael Wong, Nicholas Yang and Patrick Nip can be labeled as "inconspicuous". Paul Chan falls into the category of "depressing" performer, while no one falls into that of "disastrous".

The following table summarizes the grading of CE Carrie Lam and the principal officials for readers' easy reference:

"Ideal": those with approval rates of over 66%; ranked by their approval rates shown inside brackets

"Successful": those with approval rates of over 50%; ranked by their approval rates shown inside brackets

Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee (52%)

"Mediocre": those not belonging to other 5 types; ranked by their approval rates shown inside brackets

CE Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (49%); Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah (46%)^[16]; Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong (46%)^[16]; Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing (40%); CS Matthew Cheung Kin-chung (32%); Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan (30%); Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah (27%)^[17]; Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung (27%)^[17]; SJ Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah (15%)

"Inconspicuous": those with recognition rates of less than 50%; ranked by their approval rates; the first figure inside bracket is approval rate while the second figure is recognition rate

Secretary for the Civil Service Joshua Law Chi-kong (41%, 47%); Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu (33%, 48%); Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury James Henry Lau Jr (25%, 30%); Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai-lun (24%, 39%) ^[18]; Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung (24%, 49%) ^[18]; Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip Tak-kuen (24%, 38%) ^[18]

"Depressing": those with disapproval rates of over 50%; ranked by their disapproval rates shown inside brackets

FS Paul Chan Mo-po (52%)

"Disastrous": those with disapproval rates of over 66%; ranked by their disapproval rates shown inside brackets

[16] In one decimal place, the respective approval rates of Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau and Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong are 46.4% and 45.9%.

[17] In one decimal place, the respective approval rates of Secretary for Home Affairs Lau Kong-wah and Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung are 27.2% and 27.1%.

[18] In one decimal place, the respective approval rates of Secretary for Development Michael Wong, Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip are 24.2%, 24.0% and 23.9%.

Future Release (Tentative)

May 23, 2018 (Wednesday) 12pm to 2pm: Social, Freedom and Legal Indicators, Ratings of the Best Corporations