Hongkongers dislike mainland Chinese according to poll

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Negative feelings in Hong Kong towards mainland Chinese are at their highest for some years, a poll shows.

More than 1,000 people were interviewed by phone for the survey.

The Hong Kong University survey conducted in November showed 31.8 percent of Hong Kong people have "negative" feelings for people from mainland China.

Hong Kong, a former British colony whose population is overwhelmingly ethnic Chinese, became a semi-autonomous region of China in 1997.

Mainland tourists or residents are an important source of revenue for Hong Kong. But they are also seen as straining the city's resources and pushing up prices of items ranging from baby formula to property.

Hong Kong people also complain about what they see as the unrefined social habits of their "nouveau-riche" mainland counterparts.