A telephone survey was conducted from 21 November 2016 to 24 November 2016 by Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to study the popularity of the HKSAR Government for the month of November 2016. 720 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed, with a response rate of 38.8%. The sampling error is + or – 3.65 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. <\/p>
Major findings are summarized as follows:<\/strong> <\/p> Satisfaction <\/strong>towards<\/strong> the HKSAR Government.<\/strong> According to the current survey in November, 42.8% of the 720 respondents expressed dissatisfaction towards the HKSAR Government, 17.4% said they were satisfied and 38.3% answered ‘in-between’. The corresponding figures in October were 42.1%, 14.5%, and 42.9%. Results of November 2016 were not significantly different from those of the past month statistically. <\/p> Rating of Chief Executive LEUNG Chun-ying.<\/strong> The current survey in November showed that the performance rating of Chief Executive (with a point scale ranging from 0 to 100 while 50 as a passing mark) stood at 39.9 in average and it was 39.1 last month, and the difference between October 2016 and November 2016 was also found to have no statistical significance. <\/p> Ratings of Three Secretaries. <\/strong> The ratings of Chief Secretary for Administration (Carrie LAM), Financial Secretary (John TSANG), and Secretary for Justice (Rimsky YUEN) in November 2016 were 51.1, 60.8, and 46.3 respectively. The corresponding figures in October 2016 were 52.1, 61.6, and 46.0. No statistically significant differences were observed in the ratings of three secretaries between October 2016 and November 2016. <\/p> Trust in the HKSAR and the Central Governments. <\/strong>In November 2016, 22.1% of the respondents showed trust in the HKSAR Government and 32.1% expressed distrust; 44.0% answered ‘in-between’. The results of October 2016 were 20.9%, 31.5%, and 45.2% respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in trust in the HKSAR Government between October 2016 and November 2016. Concerning the level of trust in the Central Government in November 2016, while 22.6% said they trusted the Central Government, 35.8% answered the opposite; 34.6% said ‘in-between’. The respective figures in the previous month were 21.1%, 36.8%, and 36.2%. Again, the difference between October 2016 and November 2016 was also found to be statistically insignificant.<\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"2400","photos_original":null,"attachments_original":[{"link":"583baaf89c05e.pdf","text":"Attachment (Chinese version only)"}]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}