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Survey Findings on HKSAR Government’s Popularity in March 2018Released by Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK
A telephone survey was conducted from 21 to 26 March 2018 by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to study the popularity of the HKSAR Government. 733 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed, with a response rate of 37.0%. The sampling error is estimated at plus or minus 3.62 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
Major findings are summarized as follows:
Satisfaction with the HKSAR Government. According to the current survey, 31.5% of the 733 respondents expressed satisfaction towards the HKSAR Government, 29.7% said they were dissatisfied, and 37.2% answered ‘in-between’. The corresponding figures for February 2018 were 32.4%, 28.2%, and 38.8%, respectively. Statistical analysis shows that the results for March 2018 were not significantly different from those of February. When comparing the figures with the same month last year (i.e. March 2017), it is found that the percentage of satisfaction in March 2018 (31.5%) was much higher than that of March 2017 (22.7%) and the difference in percentage distribution between March 2018 and March 2017 was also found to be statistically significant.
Rating of Chief Executive Carrie Lam. The current survey showed that the performance rating of the Chief Executive Carrie Lam (with a point scale ranging from 0 to 100 with 50 as the passing mark) stood at 56.2 on average, whereas the rating for February was 55.6. However, the difference was not statistically significant.
Ratings of Three Secretaries. The ratings of Chief Secretary for Administration (Matthew Cheung), Financial Secretary (Paul Chan) and Secretary for Justice (Teresa Cheng) in March 2018 were 53.4, 44.5 and 40.2 respectively. The corresponding figures for February were 53.3, 49.6 and 38.6. Comparing the ratings difference between March 2018 and February 2018, no statistically significant differences were observed in the ratings of Matthew Cheung and Teresa Cheng. But for Paul Chan (Financial Secretary), the difference in his ratings between March 2018 and February 2018 was found to be statistically significant.
Trust in the HKSAR Government. As of March 2018, 33.3% of the respondents showed trust in the HKSAR Government and 22.9% expressed distrust; 42.3% answered ‘in-between’. The results for February 2018 were 34.2%, 23.4%, and 40.8%, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in trust in the HKSAR Government between March 2018 and February 2018. When comparing the figures with those of March 2017, it is showed that the percentage of trust in the HKSAR Government in March 2018 (33.3%) was higher than that of March 2017 (27.2%). Statistically significant differences were not found between these two months.
Trust in the Central Government. Regarding the level of trust in the Central Government in March 2018, 22.1% said they trusted it, 42.6% answered the opposite, and 32.1% said ‘in-between’. The respective figures from February were 24.8%, 39.6%, and 29.6%, respectively. Statistically significant differences were found between February 2018 and March 2018. Again, the difference between March 2018 and March 2017 was also found to be statistically significant.
