But a SCMP/TNS survey found that most elite respondents backed a government proposal to lease the Murray Building to the private sector. Conducted from April19 to May3 2011, the SCMP/TNS poll interviewed 1,001 opinion leaders, including writers, businessmen, lobbyists and strategists. They were aged over 25 and came from households with monthly incomes of more than HK$40,000. Sixty-one per cent of respondents supported leasing the Murray Building to the private sector, with only 15 per cent against.