This is a summary of the findings of a survey on civic education conducted in January 1987 by the Hong Kong Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education and AGB McNair Hong Kong Ltd.

It is the report of a research funded by the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education. The questionnaires are in Chinese and English. The report includes the bibliographical references and a conceptual-cum-methodological outline of the study. It examines the demographic factors and the results of the survey. The report discusses citizens' participation in the social arena, in particular in the electoral affairs, their knowledge and views on the rule of law, and their view on Hong Kong's future and the Basic Law.