By Laurel Chor October 29, 2014 / 13:59 HKT
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Student protesters hold a large poster of CY Leung's head as they stand outside his official residence on Sep. 27 (Laurel Chor/Coconuts Media)
A HKU survey found that CY Leung’s public support ratings are at their lowest level since took office, at 38.9 marks out of 100, a decrease of 1.7 marks from the last time the same survey was conducted only two weeks ago.
With 62 percent of the more than 1,000 respondents giving a vote of no confidence in Leung, and 23 percent giving a vote of confidence, the chief executive has an approval rating of –39 percent. Yes, negative.
It’s also no shocker that the younger the Hongkonger, the less likely they are to approve of Leung.
The vast majority (87 percent) of people aged between 18 and 29 oppose Leung’s leadership, and that figure steadily decreases as you move up the age brackets. For those between 30 and 49, 62 percent opposed him, while 51 percent of those aged 50 or up were against him. (HKU apparently doesn't expect your opinions to change after you hit the half-century mark.)
In the same telephone survey, HKU also asked people about their thoughts on the Hong Kong government. The government as a whole fared better than its leader, with a net satisfaction of –4 percent.
If the government did a little better, their satisfaction rating might just reach zero percent. You can do it, government!
The survey also found that 18 percent of respondents claimed to have participated in the “mass gatherings of the Occupy Movement”. Unsurprisingly, 94 percent of people who said they had taken part opposed Leung as chief executive, although 54 percent of people who said they had not joined were still against his leadership.
Based on HKU’s findings, we can roughly estimate that a whopping 1.29 million Hongkongers have participated in some way in Occupy Central over the last month, which perhaps would come as no surprise to those who have experienced some of the recent traffic jams.
http://hongkong.coconuts.co/2014/10/29/how-low-can-you-go-cy-leungs-approval-rating-record-low
