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Zhu Rongji is more popular than Jiang but Sun Yat-sen leads the way

Zhu Rongji

Premier Zhu Rongji is more popular than President Jiang Zemin among young Hong Kong people, a survey found yesterday - but late leaders Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong are admired even more.

Mr Zhu ranked fourth in the list of best leaders, with 23 votes, while Mr Jiang came 12th with only eight votes.

The survey of 502 people was conducted by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.

Topping the list was Sun Yat-sen, founder of modern China, followed by Deng Xiaoping and Mao.

Former US president Bill Clinton, at seventh, was the highest-ranking foreign leader.

The phone survey was carried out last month and respondents were aged 15 to 34.

Democratic Party legislator Cheung Man-kwong said that Mr Zhu had successfully established a good image among the Hong Kong public with his determination to fight corruption on the mainland.

'It seems that Zhu is the type of leader Hong Kong people would accept,' he said.

Interviewees were also asked to list the qualities needed most by a good leader.

Integrity was ranked top, followed by credibility, management skills and ability to communicate well.

Half the respondents said Hong Kong had a shortage of good leaders. Around 90 per cent said the SAR needed to improve leaders' training.

Just over half of the respondents said they wanted to become leaders.

Of those, 35 per cent said they wanted to be commercial leaders, while only eight per cent said they aspired to become political leaders.

The top 10

1. Sun Yat-sen (right)

2. Deng Xiaoping

3. Mao Zedong

4. Zhu Rongji

5. Zhou Enlai

6. Zhu Geliang (imperial adviser in Three Kingdoms period)

7. Bill Clinton

8. Tang Tai Zong (second emperor of Tang Dynasty)

9. Liu Bei (an emperor in Three Kingdoms period)

10. Kong Xi (Qing Dynasty emperor)

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