HK students like mainland prospects

More than 80 percent of university students surveyed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are willing to work on the mainland, according to a local poll released by one of the city's youth associations on Tuesday.

The survey, which tabulated the opinions of 465 Hong Kong undergraduates in February and March about whether they intend to work on the mainland, was conducted by the Hong Kong United Youth Association.

Of those surveyed, more than 90 percent of interviewees said they felt positive about the nation's future economic development. About 75 percent cited jobs as pivotal in their thinking.