Zone 1- Asia Summary, Week # 117

Dated 25 April- 1 May, 2010

Zone 1- ASIA

NORTHEAST ASIA

Rating for Tsang Falls Slightly in Hong Kong

Public support for Hong Kong’s chief executive dropped this month, according to a poll by the Hong Kong University Public Opinion Programme. The support rate for Donald Tsang stands at 50.7 points, down 1.8 points since late March.

April 29, 2010

MULTI-COUNTRY POLLS/ GLOBAL POLLS

Educating Boys and Girls in the Muslim World

In all eight predominantly Muslim nations surveyed in 2009 a strong majority say it is equally important to educate girls and boys. This opinion is shared by more than eight-in-ten in Lebanon (96%), Indonesia (93%), Turkey (89%), Pakistan (87%) and the Palestinian territories (85%).

Young, Less Educated Yearn to Migrate to the U.S.

Fifteen countries attract about 500 million of the roughly 700 million adults worldwide who say they would like to relocate permanently to another country if they could. Gallup finds the U.S. is clearly the No. 1 desired destination among these potential migrants, with more than 165 million saying they would like to move there, and neighboring Canada is a distant second with 45 million.

April 30, 2010

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