People's satisfaction with the government's performance has risen by 10 percentage points to 37 per cent since the Manila hostage tragedy, a University of Hong Kong survey shows. The poll of 1,010 respondents found those who were dissatisfied with the government dropped from 39 per cent in August to 26 per cent. The popularity rating for Donald Tsang Yam-kuen remained at 57.9 points on a 100-point scale.