Hong Kong's youngsters gave Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa an 'F' because they were unhappy with his performance.
But they fully supported his plans to help the poor and develop education as outlined in his 2005 Policy Address, a survey has revealed.
Respondents in the survey, conducted by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, gave Mr Tung's performance a rating of 49.1 on a 100-point scale, three points higher than his record low in January 2003.
But the study also found that the young people strongly supported Mr Tung's proposal to increase assistance to children from poor families. A majority said that providing underprivileged youth with learning opportunities was a good move (74.45 points).
Mr Tung's second most popular policy, which received 70.86 points, was his decision to continue youth employment training programmes.
This was followed by plans to increase places in local universities for associate degree students, with a high support rate of 69.07 points.
The 10 proposals in the Policy Address directly related to youth, such as establishing a commission to alleviate poverty and allocating additional resources for teachers' professional development, received strong support from the respondents.
