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Among Uri Party lawmakers who won seats in the 17th National Assembly, 63 percent said that Korea should keep in closer contact with China in terms of diplomacy and trade instead of the United States.
The survey was conducted by the party¡¯s policy committee during the Uri Party's workshop for successful candidates, held in Yangyang, Gangwon Province from April 26 to 28. Among 130 respondents, an overwhelming 63 percent said that China should be Korea¡¯s most important diplomatic and trading partner. Only 26 percent responded that the United States should be.
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Wearing raincoats, Uri Party lawmakers warm-up before hiking at the party workshop held at Mt. Seorak on Tuesday.
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Relating to this, Uri Party floor leader Kim Keun-tae asked people to keep in mind that the survey question was given on the assumption that Korea attaches importance to its traditional alliance with the United States.
Recently, the Dong-A Ilbo conducted a poll for 243 electorates, of which 138 responded, asking them the same question. 55 percent of the respondents said that Korea should place more importance on China in terms of makings diplomatic policies, while 44.8 percent responded with the United States.
Although the poll results for the question ¡°What do you think of the Roh administration abstaining to vote for UN¡¯s North Korean humanitarian resolution¡± have not been officially released, party officials said that 82 percent said it was appropriate and 18 percent said that the Roh administration should have had voted for the resolution to take active part in the North Korean humanitarian issues.
On the question of ideological inclination, 56 percent said ¡°moderately progressive,¡± 6 percent said ¡°progressive,¡± 28 percent said ¡°moderate¡± and 10 percent said ¡°moderately conservative.¡± None of the respondents answered ¡°conservative.¡±
Other than this, 46 percent of the respondents said that labor issues hinder foreign investments, 58 percent said giving additional support funding for bad creditors would be difficult, and 95 percent supported either selective or wide educational liberalization. Concerning the National Scholastic Examination, 45 percent of the respondents favored a system which would allow students to take as many college entrance exams as they want before graduating high school.
(Park Du-sik, dspark@chosun.com )
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