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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1989

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VOTING BEHAVIOUR OF

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MONG KOK RESIDENTS SURVEYED * * * * *

THE EDUCATION LEVEL AND OTHER DETAILS OF PERSONAL BACKGROUND ARE UNRELATED TO THE VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN ELECTIONS OF RESIDENTS IN MONG KOK, A SURVEY HAS FOUND.

THE

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE SURVEY SUB-COMMITTEE UNDER ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE MONG KOK CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN 1988-89.

IT ALSO FOUND THAT VOTERS RELIED HEAVILY ON THE MASS MEDIA FOR INFORMATION ON ELECTION CANDIDATES INSTEAD OF TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM.

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WERE RELEASED AT A SEMINAR TODAY

(SUNDAY).

THE SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT BETWEEN OCTOBER AND YEAR ON A SAMPLE OF 1,200 REGISTERED VOTERS IN MONG KOK. 274 QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.

DECEMBER LAST A TOTAL OF

COULD IT WAS FOUND DURING THE SURVEY THAT MANY VOTERS LOCATED AT THEIR REGISTERED ADDRESSES.

THIS,

SURVEY THE

SUB-COMMITTEE POINTED

NOT BE

OUT. REFLECTED THE DUE TO INACCURACY OF THE ELECTORAL ROLL, WHICH MIGHT BE

THE AGEING NOT POPULATION AND HIGH MOBILITY IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS TO VOTERS REGISTERING AGAIN WITH UPDATED ADDRESSES.

RATE OF THE

TURNOUT THIS MIGHT POSSIBLY ACCOUNT FOR THE LOW DISTRICT BOARD ELECTION LAST MARCH IN MONG KOK BECAUSE VOTERS FAILED TO RECEIVE THEIR NOTICES IN TIME.

IN ANALYSING THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, FIVE FACTORS WERE

THE FUTURE FOUND TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON

VOTING BEHAVIOUR OF THE

VOTERS.

PARTICIPATION IN THE

IN ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE, THEY WERE: COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES BEFORE ELECTION; THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS DISTRICT BOARD; CIVIC-MINDEDNESS; VOLUNTARINESS IN VOTER REGISTRATION; AND FAMILY INFLUENCE.

INCLUDED

READING THE

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, THE SURVEY FOUND, DISTRICT NEWSPAPER, JOINING LOCAL GROUPS AND DISCUSSING DISTRICT AFFAIRS WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

HOWEVER, THE FINDINGS SHOWED THAT

PER CENT OF THE INTERVIEWEES PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND DISCUSSED DISTRICT BOARD MATTERS WITH OTHER PEOPLE,

ONLY 20

TODAY'S SEMINAR MARKED THE CLOSING OF THE CIVIC CAMPAIGN 1988-89 OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD.

EDUCATION

THE DISTRICT