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Q1 How well do you know about Article 23 of the Basic Law?(Interviewers to probe degree)

	Frequency	Percentage
Completely adequate	3	0.5
Very adequate	7	1.2
Quite adequate	42	7.4
Quite inadequate / Not quite adequate	228	40.4
Very inadequate	131	23.2
Completely inadequate	123	21.8
Don't know / hard to say	31	5.5
Total	565	100.0

Q2a Up to now, has the social organization you belong to consulted your opinion regarding the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	44	7.8
No	119	21.1
Do not belong to any organization (Skip to Q4)	394	69.9
Don't know / hard to say	7	1.2
Total	564	100.0
Missing case(s)	1

Q2b Up to now, has the social organization you belong to consulted your opinion regarding the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law? (Only for members of social organizations)

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	44	25.9
No	119	70.0
Don't know / hard to say	7	4.1
Total	170	100.0

Q3 Regarding the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, do you think your organization leader could represent your view?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	40	24.2
No	38	23.0
Don't know / hard to say	87	52.7
Total	165	100.0
Missing case(s)	5

Q4 Regarding the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, which of the followings do you consider most important?

	Frequency	Percentage of total responses (Base:1,229)	Percentage of sub-sample (Base:562 out of1,229)
Benefit of the community as a whole	274	22.3	48.8
Human rights	257	20.9	45.7
Personal freedom	243	19.8	43.2
National security	219	17.8	39.0
Press freedom	174	14.2	31.0
None of the above	14	1.1	2.5
Don't know / hard to say	48	3.9	8.5
Total	1,229	100.0
Missing case(s)	3

Q5 Do you think there is any contradiction between "stability and prosperity" and "democracy and freedom"?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	200	35.5
No	272	48.2
Don't know / hard to say	92	16.3
Total	564	100.0
Missing case(s)	1

Q6 How much do you think the influence of Article 23 would be on you ?(Interviewers to probe strength of opinion)

	Frequency	Percentage
Very much	16	2.8
Quite much	47	8.4
Quite little / Not quite much	156	27.8
Very little	201	35.8
Don't know / hard to say	142	25.3
Total	562	100.0
Missing case(s)	3

Q7 How much do you think the influence of Article 23 would be on your next generation ?(Interviewers to probe strength of opinion)

	Frequency	Percentage
Very much	31	5.5
Quite much	87	15.5
Quite little / Not quite much	92	16.3
Very little	93	16.5
Don't know / hard to say	260	46.2
Total	563	100.0
Missing case(s)	2

Q8 Regarding the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, apart from the discussions in Legislative Assembly, which of the following consultation channels do you consider important?

	Frequency	Percentage of total responses (Base:1,162)	Percentage of sub-sample (Base:563 out of1,162)
Conducting opinion polls	279	24.0	49.6
Hosting public consultation forums	219	18.8	38.9
Inviting submissions from the public	215	18.5	38.2
Publication of public consultative documents	204	17.6	36.2
Holding public forums with social organizations	172	14.8	30.6
None of the above	11	0.9	2.0
Don't know / hard to say	62	5.3	11.0
Total	1,162	100.0
Missing case(s)	2

Q9 Apart from the above consultation channels, is there any other method you would consider important?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	50	9.1
No	374	67.8
Don't know / hard to say	128	23.2
Total	552	100.0
Missing case(s)	13

Q10 In case the final legislation is against people's will, what would you do?（Interviewers to read out the first 3 answers）

	Frequency	Percentage
Accept the reality	202	36.0
Continue to struggle within the law	190	33.9
Continue to struggle by civil disobedience	71	12.7
Don't know / hard to say	98	17.5
Total	561	100.0
Missing case(s)	4

Q11 If the Macau SAR Government dismisses people's opinion regarding the legislation of Basic Law Article 23, would you take to the streets?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	232	41.1
No	236	41.8
Don't know / hard to say	96	17.0
Total	564	100.0
Missing case(s)	1