Among the questions the Public Opinion Program at the University of Hong Kong asked about Hong Kong people's identity was a very direct one--would residents have preferred to live as a pre-1997 colonial subject or as a post-1997 SAR citizen?
根據香港大學的民意研究計劃，在「香港人身份認同」問題中，該校以最直接的方式詢問香港民眾，「假如可以選擇，你會再次做 97 年前的殖民地人，還是繼續做 97 年後的特區人？」