The Chinese University of Hong Kong' Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies conducted a telephone survey from November 23 to December 9 this year gauging the opinion of 703 adult citizens, finding the government’s popularity rating has gone up slightly compared to the results acquired in a September survey.

There is also a significant increase when the figure was compared to the rating acquired in a survey conducted in November last year.

According to the survey, 23.2 percent of the respondents said they were pleased with the government's performance, marking a 0.5 percent increase when compared to September's figure and a 3.9 percent rise when compared to last year's.

Meanwhile, 27.5 percent of respondents said they were "dissatisfied" with the government's performance, marking a 4.9 percent decrease when compared to September's figure.

Separately, the survey saw the popularity rating of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu raised on a small scale from 46.5 to 47.1 points.

Four percent of the respondents gave the city's leader zero points and 9.3 percent of them gave Lee a full mark.

Hong Kong's three secretaries of departments, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-ki, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po and Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok scored 42.6, 48.5 and 43 points in popularity ratings respectively, with both Chans seeing a 0.9 increase, while Lam's rating has fallen by 0.4.