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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1994

LAW AND ORDER MAIN CONCERN OF HK PEOPLE: 1993 POLL

ABOUT

AN OPINION POLL CONDUCTED LAST YEAR SHOWED THAT SLIGHTLY OVER A QUARTER OR 26.6 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE CONCERNED LAW AND ORDER IN HONG KONG.

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ISSUES

RELATING TO 1997 AND HOUSING PROBLEMS POLLED 20.2 CENT AND 12.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

PER

THE 1993 OPINION SURVEY ON CIVIC EDUCATION, CONDUCTED BY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (HK) LTD, WAS FUNDED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

IT INVOLVED PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH 1,000 PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN

15 AND 64 IN JULY AND AUGUST LAST YEAR.

(SATURDAY),

RELEASING THE FINDINGS AT A SEMINAR ON THE POLL TODAY RESEARCHER DR LAI ON-KWOK OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SAID THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY WERE TO COLLECT AND ANALYSE CURRENT VIEWS ON CIVIC EDUCATION AND TO MAKE RELEVANT COMPARISON OF THESE FINDINGS WITH PREVIOUS SURVEYS.

THE

VIEWS,

THE

POLL, DR LAI ADDED, WAS ALSO AIMED AT CORRELATING ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL PARTICIPATION PATTERN OF THE PUBLIC.

IT FOCUSED ON AREAS LIKE PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS, ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL SYSTEM AND VIEWS ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE BASIC LAW.

ON PARTICIPATION IN ELECTION AFFAIRS, DR LAI SAID VOTER REGISTRATION RATE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AGE.

AGE GROUPS 30-44 AND 55-64 SHOWED **A MORE THAN EXPECTED STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION" AND THE AGE GROUPS WITH THE LOWEST REGISTRATION RATE WERE THOSE BETWEEN 20-29 AND 45-54.

FURTHERMORE, THOSE HAVING NO FORMAL EDUCATION OR UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION SHOWED LOWER REGISTRATION RATE 33.3 PER CENT AND 38.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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SURVEYS COMMISSIONED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WILL BE CONDUCTED REGULARLY.

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