Public opinion polls might be helpful in backing up politicians' proposals for the government, but the latest effort by lawmaker Elizabeth Quat, of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, has failed to impress even her pro-establishment colleagues.
On Tuesday, Quat announced that in a survey of about 950 residents, 35 per cent picked the traditional Lunar New Year blessing - "as energetic as a dragon and a horse" - as their biggest wish for the Year of the Horse, while 16 per cent hoped for harmony in general, and 13 per cent for a comfortable home.
"The DAB suggests that the government must seek to boost the economy … and increase resources to improve medical services," Quat wrote on her social media page.
Her fellow pro-establishment Sha Tin district councillor, Lee Kam-ming, asked how the poll was relevant to Quat's job as a lawmaker. "The survey is quite special," Lee said. "But I don't know whether this is needed for her work."