(初版:2006年11月7日新聞公報之附加資料) Mapping people's confidence in the future and "one country, two systems" One important aspect of opinion polling around the world is to monitor people's confidence in the future of their own country and region. Shortly after HKUPOP was established, we started to conduct surveys on this aspect. This passage explains our work in this regard with specific reference to people's confidence in Hong Kong's future, China's future and "one country, two systems". Due to Hong Kong's very special political status, before the handover in 1997, our survey covered people's confidence in Hong Kong's future and "one country, two systems". After the handover, the survey added the question on people's confidence in China's future in the series. Details regarding our surveys are as follows: In December 1992, our survey series on people's confidence started. With respect to people's confidence in Hong Kong, the wordings used in the questionnaire being "Do you have confidence in HK's future?" Surveys were conducted once a month, until April 1998 when it was changed to once every two months. It has remained unchanged since then. As for people's confidence in China's future, the frequency was not quite stable at the beginning. Beginning in July 1997, the wordings used in the questionnaire being "Do you have confidence in China's future?" Surveys were conducted once a month at the beginning, but between January 1998 and July 2001, only 5 surveys were conducted on an irregular basis. Then, in August 2001, the survey began its regular course of development, and has been conducted once every two months since then. As for people's confidence in "one country, two systems", the survey started in June 1993. The wordings used in the questionnaire being "On the whole, do you have confidence in 'one country, two systems'?" Surveys were conducted once every two months, until May 1995 when it was changed to once a month, but were later on changed to once every two months since February 1998. It has remained unchanged since then. Regarding sample size, from the beginning to June 2000, the sample size of "people's confidence in HK's future/"one country, two systems" survey was set at slightly over 500, while beginning from May 2000, it was increased to at least 1,000. As for "people's confidence in China's future, since July 2001, the sample size has been changed from slightly over 500 to at least 1,000. All findings have been published regularly on-line at our HKU POP Site since December 2001, while all previous findings published via our newsletter POP Express have also been uploaded in various formats. (First release: Supplementary section of our press release of 7 November 2006)
樣本數目方面,2000年4月或以前的調查,樣本數目都稍為超過500個,由2000年6月開始的有關調查的樣本數目就增加至1,000個以上。 民研計劃於2000年或以前所進行的「巿民對社會整體狀況評價」調查,結果都在由民研計劃發行的《民意快訊》中發表。及至《民意網站》成立後,所有調查開始透過網站向外公佈,而以往透過民研計劃刊物《民意快訊》發表的調查結果,亦以不同形式上載到網站之中。
(初版:2007年1月9日新聞公報之附加資料) Mapping people's appraisal of society's current conditions People's appraisal of their society's current condition is always an important indicator of a society's development. Shortly after HKUPOP was established, we began to conduct regular surveys on people's appraisal of Hong Kong society's current conditions. The surveys not only investigate the problem people are most concerned with, but also include people's satisfaction with the current political, economic and social conditions as well as their appraisal, expectation and level of concern for the above three aspects. The following is about the development of the related surveys.
(First release: Supplementary section of our press release of 9 January 2007)