Follow Hong Kong Investment Immigration and Life in Hong Kong: Hong Kong is currently facing social issues such as land shortages and wealth disparity. According to the latest survey by the Public Opinion Programme at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong citizens are focusing their attention on the development of livelihood and the economy.
The survey asked respondents to choose one out of three options: 58% of citizens surveyed were most concerned about livelihood issues, 24% were most concerned about economic issues, and 16% were most concerned about political issues.
The HKU Public Opinion Programme conducted telephone interviews with 1,019 Hong Kong citizens from December 20 to 30 last year. It found that citizens are most concerned about livelihood issues, followed by economic and political issues, a trend that has remained unchanged for many years. However, the percentage of those most concerned about political issues reached a new high since April 1996, which is believed to be related to the political reform consultation. On a scale of 0 to 10, the scores for citizens' level of concern regarding livelihood, economic, and political issues were 7.24, 6.98, and 5.77, respectively.
