Support for a reversal of the official verdict on the June 4 massacre has dropped markedly in the two years since the handover, a survey has found.
Some 45.6 per cent said they would support a reversal of the verdict, down from the figures in the past two years - 48.5 per cent in 1998 and 49.9 per cent in 1997.
Those who said they would not support the cause grew from 19 per cent last year to 21.6 per cent this year. The figure in 1997 was 18.9 per cent.
The percentage of those who did not hold a view stayed at around 32 per cent.
Thousands of people joined the annual June 4 rally organised by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Patriotic Democratic Movement in China on Sunday to demand 'rehabilitation of the democracy movement in 1989'.
A candlelight vigil marking the 10th anniversary will be held at Victoria Park on Friday.