Civic Exchange Annual Report 2005-2006: The Air We Breathe
Civic Exchange Annual Report 2005-2006: The Air We Breathe
Civic Exchange Annual Report 2005-2006: The Air We Breathe
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CIVIC E XCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>2006</strong>Democracy: Asian Perspectives, Voices and TraditionsOther than Mainland China, we have extended our scope of researchto other parts of Asia. <strong>Civic</strong> <strong>Exchange</strong> embarked upon a projectcalled “Democracy: Asian Perspectives, Voices and Traditions” inearly <strong>2006</strong>. This involves working with six other Asian parties toexplore the cultural impacts on various Asian political systems.<strong>We</strong> believe that there should be platforms for Asians deliberaterelevant issues among ourselves.<strong>The</strong> six international research partners for this project are:o Subhash Agrawal of India Focus (India);o Dr. Yeo Ley-hwee of Singapore Institute of International Affairs(Singapore);o Professor Chu Yun-han of National Taiwan University (Taiwan);o Professor Zheng Ding of Remin University (China);o Professor Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin of Universiti Kebangsaan(Malaysia); ando Mariko Tanigaki of Tokyo University (Japan).A seminar bringing together these research partners will be organisedin Hong Kong in October <strong>2006</strong> and individual papers will be madeavailable to the public in November <strong>2006</strong>. <strong>Civic</strong> <strong>Exchange</strong> hopes thatthis project is the first step to achieve effective Asian dialogue onpolitical development.Surveys – Hong KongIn addition to conducting policy research, we continued to engagein tracking Hong Kong people’s behavioural or attitudinal changestowards constitutional development through surveys in the past year.<strong>Civic</strong> <strong>Exchange</strong> worked with Hong Kong Transition Project on two publicopinion surveys on people’s views towards the 5th report put forwardby the Constitutional Development Task Force in December <strong>2005</strong> andthe Consultation on District Councils Reform in July <strong>2006</strong> respectively.<strong>Civic</strong> <strong>Exchange</strong> also recognised the value of understanding moreabout how polls have been used in other parts of the world. <strong>We</strong> cosponsoredthe World Association for Public Opinion Research RegionalSeminar on “Public Opinion: East Meets <strong>We</strong>st” in December <strong>2005</strong> inHong Kong. Christine Loh, CEO of <strong>Civic</strong> <strong>Exchange</strong>, chaired one ofthe parallel sessions on sharing experiences of opinion polling anddemocratic development in different countries at the seminar.18
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