More than half of the Hong Kong residents who responded to a recent survey said their quality of life is worse than prior to 1997, when Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule, according to the poll results released by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Tuesday.
In the survey of 878 Hong Kong citizens aged 18 or older, 52.1 percent of the respondents said their lives are worse than before 1997, while only 17.5 percent said their lives have improved.
The results show that 57.9 percent of the respondents said Hong Kong's economy is worse than when the British ruled Hong Kong as a colony, while 18.3 percent said the economy is better than before.
On the issue of government service, 66.2 percent of those polled said it is worse now than the pre-1997 era and only 10.1 percent said it is better.
A researcher with the university's Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, which conducted the survey, said that since 1997, Hong Kong has experienced the Asian financial crisis, a flu epidemic, a SARS crisis and the global financial tsunami.
"These events have driven Hong Kong's economy to historic lows, battering its real estate and stock markets, and causing widespread grievances among ordinary people," said the researcher.
Although Hong Kong's economy has improved in recent years, he noted, some structural problems have emerged, such as the over-concentration of industries and the widening gap between rich and poor.
"As most people feel the government can do little about these problems, it's understandable that they would think their lives are not so good as before 1997," he said.
- CNA ENGLISH NEWS
44% identify themselves as Hong Kong-ese
23% identify themselves as Chinese
21% identify themselves as Hong Kong-ese in China
10% identify themselves as Chinese in Hong Kong
Whopping 2/3 of respondents carry an identity of Hong Kong-ese separate from Chinese.
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In the survey of 878 Hong Kong citizens aged 18 or older, 52.1 percent of the respondents said their lives are worse than before 1997, while only 17.5 percent said their lives have improved.
The results show that 57.9 percent of the respondents said Hong Kong's economy is worse than when the British ruled Hong Kong as a colony, while 18.3 percent said the economy is better than before.
On the issue of government service, 66.2 percent of those polled said it is worse now than the pre-1997 era and only 10.1 percent said it is better.
A researcher with the university's Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, which conducted the survey, said that since 1997, Hong Kong has experienced the Asian financial crisis, a flu epidemic, a SARS crisis and the global financial tsunami.
"These events have driven Hong Kong's economy to historic lows, battering its real estate and stock markets, and causing widespread grievances among ordinary people," said the researcher.
Although Hong Kong's economy has improved in recent years, he noted, some structural problems have emerged, such as the over-concentration of industries and the widening gap between rich and poor.
"As most people feel the government can do little about these problems, it's understandable that they would think their lives are not so good as before 1997," he said.
- CNA ENGLISH NEWS
44% identify themselves as Hong Kong-ese
23% identify themselves as Chinese
21% identify themselves as Hong Kong-ese in China
10% identify themselves as Chinese in Hong Kong
Whopping 2/3 of respondents carry an identity of Hong Kong-ese separate from Chinese.
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Hong Kong rails against invasion of Chinese 'locusts' - Telegraph
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