HK young people's sense of patriotism enhanced: survey
( 2003-10-17 10:30) (CRI.com)
Over 71 percent of Hong Kong
young people feel their sense of pride for the motherland enhanced especially
after the successful launch of Shenzhou-5 spaceship, a survey released Thursday
said.
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups interviewed 500 people,aged between
15 to 34, on Wednesday night and found that 71.4 percent respondents felt
excited and were proud of being Chinese on the news of Shenzhou-5 launch.
More than 80 percent of those surveyed said the success of the Shenzhou-5
spaceship is conducive to strengthening China's international status. And they
felt more confident in motherland'sspace technology.
Over the past several days, the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups set up a
message zone in its website for people to express their feelings on Shenzhou-5
launch. Up to now, more than 800 people have viewed the homepage and given their
warm words to YangLiwei, whom they thought is the hero of the
nation.
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