CY's popularity sinks below the 'warning line'
Leung's rating is at a new low of 43.7 in latest survey as pollster points to credibility crisis

The chief executive's popularity has plunged below the "warning line" and his administration could be thrown into a crisis of governance, a pollster warns.
Robert Chung Ting-yiu, director of the University of Hong Kong public opinion programme, was responding to the latest poll which shows Leung Chun-ying's popularity rating at yet another record low: 43.7 marks out of 100.
That was a decline of two points from two weeks ago. His approval rating edged down one percentage point to 25 per cent, also a new low since he took the helm 13 months ago.
The university programme interviewed 1,015 people from August 15 to 20 for the survey.
"Now that C. Y. Leung's popularity rating is below the warning line of 45, it's worth discussing whether he's facing a governance crisis," said Chung.
He added that politicians with a score under 50 were already in negative territory, and if the rating dipped below 45 that could indicate a credibility crisis.
In the poll, only 25 per cent of the respondents backed Leung as chief executive, versus 56 per cent who cast a vote of no confidence. The result was a net approval rating of minus 31 percentage points, as it was two weeks ago. Net satisfaction with the government's performance stayed at minus 23 per cent, where it stood in July. The maximum sampling error for all figures was plus or minus 4 per cent.