A survey by Lingnan University revealed that Donald Tsang has
the majority support for his re-election as chief executive
(CE).
The survey found that 67.9 percent of 861 respondents
interviewed between February 2 and 4 said they would support
Tsang's re-election, up from 60.4 percent in the previous survey
conducted in December.
The proportion of respondents who were very supportive of Tsang
had also gone up from 16.1 percent to 23.5 percent.
More than 70 percent of them said they would support Tsang if
the upcoming election was only contested by Tsang and Civic Party
legislator Alan Leong, up from 60.6 percent from the previous
survey.
Only 12.4 percent said they would support Leong, similar to the
previous survey, and 6.3 percent said they were undecided, down
from 13.6 percent in December.
Majority of the respondents said Tsang's election manifesto was
better than that of Leong.
More than 88 percent of the respondents said Tsang's manifesto
in maintaining the relationship with the central government was
better, and only 0.9 percent supported Leong in this regard.
More than 70 percent of the respondents supported Tsang's
administration and leadership capabilities, while less than 5
percent supported Leong in these aspects.
Nearly 60 percent of them thought Tsang had a clear future
direction for Hong Kong and 42.4 percent thought he was a sincere
person.
Only 8.2 percent thought Leong had a clear future direction, and
14.4 percent thought he was a sincere person.
More than 45 percent of the respondents thought Tsang had fully
understood public opinion.
The respondents thought that the future CE should tackle
economic restructuring and the widening poverty gap first before
improving education system.
Nearly 90 percent of them thought Tsang would be re-elected.
(China Daily February 7, 2007)