Disapproval of Leung Chun-ying grows amid Edward Snowden's stay
Leung's warning to organisers of Occupy Central also took place during the HKU poll
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's net approval rating with Hongkongers has hit a record low, a survey shows. It also found that satisfaction with the government was at a 12-month low.
The poll was conducted in the middle of the month, during which two "significant events" played out - the Edward Snowden saga and Leung's criticism of the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement.
Pollsters of the University of Hong Kong's public opinion programme declined to suggest any reasons behind the popularity drop.
"Readers can make their own judgments on whether these significant events have any impact on the various polling figures," programme director Dr Robert Chung Ting-yiu said yesterday.
Separately, former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang warned that she believed the current No 2 in the government, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, might resign if Leung continued to neglect her.
"Based on some of Lam's public comments, I sensed that … before [some initiatives were] rolled out, the chief secretary did not have a chance to voice her opinions or suggestions [to Leung]," Chan said. "Lam is handling a very tough job, but because she is very committed to Hong Kong and very passionate about her work, she will stay on until the day when she feels she is no longer valued or sees something unacceptable to her."
