Support level for Hong Kong's 2017 election package changes little despite government promotion efforts
Latest rolling survey finds that support for 2017 election package remains virtually unchanged despite promotion efforts by the government
The level of support for the government's 2017 political reform package has changed little despite an all-out effort by officials to promote it in the past two weeks.
The latest result of a rolling poll - jointly conducted by three of the city's universities since the reform package was unveiled last month - showed 47.6 per cent backed it, an increase of 0.9 percentage points from the first round result a week ago.
The rise was within the range of the poll's margin of error - which is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
Speaking ahead of the weekly Executive Council meeting yesterday, acting Chief Executive John Tsang Chun-wah declined to respond directly to a question about whether the government would change its promotion strategy after some officials faced embarrassment during district visits.
The officials have been criticised because they were accompanied by politicians and volunteers from pro-establishment political parties.
On Saturday, Dr Ko Wing-man, the usually mild-tempered health minister, got into a shouting match with an elderly man on political reform during a visit to a public housing estate.
