The Hong Kong Institute for Public Opinion announced today (11th) the latest round of public opinion for the chief executive and the secretary. The survey results show that the latest rating of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is 33.8 points, down two points from mid-December. The approval rate is 19% and the disapproval rate is 19%. 67%, the net support rate is negative 48 percentage points, the overall data is not much different from half a month ago, and about 35% of them give Lam Cheng 0 points.
On the same day, the Institute released the latest cluster restriction index and the results of a new round of "Community Health Plan" survey. Only 27% of the respondents were satisfied with the government's performance in coping with the new crown pneumonia, and 57% expressed dissatisfaction.
Another 65% of the respondents believe that the current time limit for gatherings is too tight, and 56% believe that there should be no limit.
The Institute interviewed 1,021 Hong Kong residents about the government's popularity through random telephone interviews from the 3rd to the 6th of this month.
Carrie Lam's net approval rating drops 6 percentage points from mid-December
According to the survey results, the latest score of Chief Executive Carrie Lam was 33.8 points, a drop of two points from the survey conducted from December 9 to 14 last year, of which 35% gave 0 points, and only more than 20% of the respondents gave 50 points or more.
Her latest approval rating was 19%, down two points; disapproval was 67%, up four points, and the net approval rating was negative 48 points, down six points from the previous poll.
Regarding the Secretary, the latest score of the Secretary for Justice, Zheng Ruohua, was 24.9 points, a significant decrease of 3.9 points from the survey conducted from October 29 to November 3 last year, and the net support rate was negative 38 percentage points.
Financial Secretary Chen Maobo scored 42.3 points, down 1.9 points, with a net support rating of 3 percentage points, the only positive number among the Chief Executive and the three secretaries.
The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Lee Ka-chiu, scored 36.9 points, an increase of 0.4 points, and the net approval rating was negative 10 percentage points.
Except for Zheng Ruohua's score, which has dropped significantly, the rest of the figures have not changed significantly from two months ago.
None of the five core social indicators is higher than 5, and indicators are rated on a scale of 0 to 10.
All five figures have not changed significantly from the survey conducted from November 29 to December 3 last year. The indicators of "stability" and "prosperity" also scored 4.89 points; the latest score of "freedom" index was 4.57 points; the "rule of law" indicator received 4.34 points; the "democracy" indicator is 3.93 points.
The Omicron group that broke out at the end of last year is getting bigger and bigger.
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Nearly 60% are dissatisfied with the government's handling of the epidemic
From December 20 last year to January 10 this year, the Institute collected 7,427 self-organized cohort samples by email, and today announced the results of a new round of "Community Health Plan" survey.
Only 27% of the respondents said they were "satisfied" with the government's handling of the new crown pneumonia, a decrease of 3 percentage points from the survey conducted from November 29 to December 20 last year, while 57% expressed "dissatisfaction", and 16% said People say "half and a half", and the average magnitude of the 5-point highest score is 2.3 points.
The Institute also interviewed 5,063 citizens by email from December 17 to 27 last year regarding the restriction of gatherings.
The latest gathering restriction index is 12.9, of which 65% of the respondents believe that the current time limit for gatherings is too tight, 35% of the respondents believe that it is not too tight, and 56% of the respondents believe that there should be no restrictions.
Ren Weihao, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Education Center Chamber of Commerce, pointed out that the epidemic at the same time last year was equally severe, but only 30% of people felt that the measures were too tight at that time, which has doubled this year.
In addition, under similar circumstances, only 20% of the respondents believed that the government should not impose restrictions last year. The number of respondents in this survey who believe that there should be no restrictions has nearly doubled.
He believes that the figures reflect that Hong Kong people are becoming less afraid of the epidemic and have the courage to overcome their fear of the epidemic.
He did not mention the recent Hong Weimin incident by name. He pointed out that some senior officials were no longer afraid of the virus, and attended a party of nearly 200 people.
He also expressed his support for coexisting with the virus to deal with the epidemic, and believed that the government should not blindly aim at "zeroing out".
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