(Clearwisdom.net)
Ming Bao (Hong Kong) reported on February 16, 2003 that more than 80% of middle class citizens
surveyed in Hong Kong are concerned about how the Article 23 legislation will affect their freedom
and the ability of the Hong Kong government to follow the rule of law.
Results of the survey showed that over 80% think that if the Article 23 legislation passes, their
confidence in freedom and rule of law in Hong Kong will be reduced. Seventy percent of the
participants said that they have considered leaving Hong Kong and emigrating because of Article 23.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Government was given a score of 33.60 out of 100 as an
overall rating. As the person in charge of the survey, Professor Lui Tai-Lok, Department of
Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong said, the survey shows that confidence in the government
by the middle class has greatly dropped.
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