Secretary of Justice Rimsky Yuen promoting the government’s political reform proposal on May 3
The most recent public opinion poll from three Hong Kong universities has revealed that support for the government’s political reform proposal is at its lowest level yet, despite intense campaigning.
The latest results show 42 percent of 1,130 respondents favour the proposal, the lowest level since the polling began on April 23.
Meanwhile, 40 percent of respondents are opposed the plans, up two percentage points in the last fortnight.
The proposal’s net support lies at just two percent following a declining trend since late April.
According to RTHK, Democratic Party lawmaker Emily Lau said the results show the government has achieved nothing with their efforts to promote the proposal on radio, TV and the streets of Hong Kong.
She added that she hopes CY Leung’s administration will inform Beijing that the current proposal is unpopular.
We have a sneaky feeling they might already know that, though.
The plans allow for a one-person, one-vote system for the next chief executive election in 2017, but only two or three vetted candidates will be permitted to stand.
Meanwhile, a separate comparison run by HKU’s public opinion programme suggests that Chief Executive CY Leung has far less public support than his predecessors.
In their equivalent period of tenures, Donald Tsang earned a 66 percent approval rating and Christopher Pattern 57 percent, while Leung lags behind with a shy 43 percent.
Still, it’s not a popularity contest, is it?
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