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Survey Findings on HKSAR Government’s Popularity in October 2017Released by Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK
A telephone survey was conducted from 19 to 25 October 2017 by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to study the popularity of the HKSAR Government. 731 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed, with a response rate of 37.6%. 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, 35.0% of the 731 respondents expressed satisfaction towards the HKSAR Government, 27.6% said they were dissatisfied, and 35.2% answered ‘in-between’. The corresponding figures for September 2017 were 32.0%, 30.0%, and 36.4%, respectively. Statistical analysis shows that the results for October 2017 were not significantly different from those for last month. When comparing the figures with the same month of last year (i.e. October 2016), it is found that the percentage of satisfaction in October 2017 (35.0%) was much higher than that of October 2016 (14.5%) and the difference in percentage distribution between October 2017 and October 2016 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 57.2 on average, whereas the rating for last month was 56.0. 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 (Rimsky Yuen) in October 2017 were 53.1, 46.7 and 45.1 respectively. The corresponding figures for September 2017 were 52.4, 45.0 and 43.7. Comparing the ratings difference between October 2017 and September 2017, no statistically significant differences were observed in the ratings of Matthew Cheung, Paul Chan and Rimsky Yuen.
Trust in the HKSAR Government. As of October 2017, 36.3% of the respondents showed trust in the HKSAR Government and 18.7% expressed distrust; 42.4% answered ‘in-between’. The results for September 2017 were 34.8%, 22.0%, and 41.4%, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in trust in the HKSAR Government between October and September 2017. However, when comparing the figures with those of October 2016, it is showed that the percentage of trust in the HKSAR Government in October 2017 (36.3%) was higher than that of October 2016 (20.9%). Statistically significant differences were also observed between these two months.
Trust in the Central Government. Regarding the level of trust in the Central Government in October 2017, 22.2% said they trusted it, 36.9% answered the opposite, and 34.7% said ‘in-between’. The respective figures from the previous month were 23.8%, 37.6%, and 33.4%, respectively. No statistically significant differences were found between September 2017 and October 2017. Again, the difference between October 2017 and October 2016 was also found to be statistically insignificant.
Satisfaction and Ratings of the 2017 Policy Address. While 17.5% showed dissatisfaction towards the new Policy Address, 43.0% of them found it satisfactory. 37.5% answered “in-between”. In addition, the overall rating of the 2017 Policy Address (with a point scale ranging from 0 to 100 while 50 as a passing mark) was 58.9.
