Results of latest polls announced on Monday showed continuous majority public support for passing the electoral reform package in the Legislative Council later this week.

On Wednesday, the government will submit the reform blueprint to LegCo for a final debate. Voting is expected within three days.

A poll conducted by Kowloon Federation of Associations (KFA), which interviewed 3,307 people above 18 years by phone, showed 62 percent of those surveyed support passing the reform plan while 32 percent want it to be vetoed.

In a further breakdown, 66 percent of people who claim to be "neutral", and support neither pro-establishment nor opposition camps, now support LegCo passing the plan.

The KFA said this showed most ordinary Hong Kong people want to realize the Basic Law's goal of accomplishing universal suffrage in the SAR. They generally accept the reform plan even if some think it may not be perfect.

Meanwhile, 61 percent believed LegCo members should vote in accordance with public opinion.

In the previous five polls conducted since last year, the percentage of people who wanted to see the reform package passed has consistently stood at 60 percent. In April, the poll showed 71 percent supported it being passed.

KFA Chairman Chan Chung-bun urged legislators, especially those from the "pan-democratic" camp, to heed public opinion and vote for the reform package.

Chan hopes that if the plan fails to get passed, the government should shift the focus back to economic development and people's livelihoods.

Separately, there are more surveys showing an overwhelming majority of people support electoral reform.

The Hong Kong Island Federation, which comprises 130,000 members, released a similar poll showing that 70 percent of the respondents backed the government's reform package, while only 25 percent opposed it.

A poll conducted by Federation of Hong Kong Guangdong Community Organizations showed 64 percent of the interviewed supported passing the package. Some 27.5 percent expressed the opposite view.

Liberal Party legislator James Tien Pei-chun commissioned the University of Hong Kong's Public Opinion Programme to conduct a poll during June 5 to 14.

Of over 5,000 respondents surveyed, 51 percent felt the LegCo should carry the plan, while 38 percent were against it. Tien said he would still write to opposition lawmakers asking them to change their minds - even though the chance of passing the reform package appears slim.

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(HK Edition 06/16/2015 page4)