How similar are the following two sentences?

The report by the independent expert committee aims to dissipate any suspicion about the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS crisis.
A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.

Give the answer on a scale from 0 - 5, where 0 is "not similar at all" and 5 is "means the same thing".
3