Fewer Hong Kong Residents Support China-Backed Election Plans
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Support for China-backed legislation to overhaul Hong Kong’s next chief executive election has slipped 4 percentage points as officials head into a third week of campaigning for public approval, according to the latest survey.
Some 42.5 percent of respondents in the city supported the government’s election proposal, according to a University of Hong Kong’s Public Opinion Program survey of 1,157 adults conducted between May 3 and May 7. That compared with 46.7 percent approval in late April. The share opposed rose to 39.5 percent from 37.6 percent. The survey didn’t provide a margin of error.