Civic Exchange Annual Report 2005-2006: The Air We Breathe

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CIVIC E XCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006Democracy: Asian Perspectives, Voices and TraditionsOther than Mainland China, we have extended our scope of researchto other parts of Asia. Civic Exchange embarked upon a projectcalled “Democracy: Asian Perspectives, Voices and Traditions” inearly 2006. This involves working with six other Asian parties toexplore the cultural impacts on various Asian political systems.We believe that there should be platforms for Asians deliberaterelevant issues among ourselves.The 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 2006 and individual papers will be madeavailable to the public in November 2006. Civic Exchange 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.Civic Exchange 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 2005 andthe Consultation on District Councils Reform in July 2006 respectively.Civic Exchange also recognised the value of understanding moreabout how polls have been used in other parts of the world. We cosponsoredthe World Association for Public Opinion Research RegionalSeminar on “Public Opinion: East Meets West” in December 2005 inHong Kong. Christine Loh, CEO of Civic Exchange, chaired one ofthe parallel sessions on sharing experiences of opinion polling anddemocratic development in different countries at the seminar.18
CIVIC E XCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006Promoting Civic ParticipationGetting Involved in Hong Kong’s Town Planning ProcessCivic Exchange does not only conduct research on democracy-relatedtopics, but also looks at how democracy is being practiced in a society.We are interested in exploring how democratic practices can befurther encouraged in Hong Kong and we generally promote civic participationin societal issues. In early 2006 Civic Exchange worked withprofessional planners in Hong Kong to examine the complex townplanning process in order to produce a user’s guide to show how thepublic can be more effective in their involvement. The user’s guide isavailable at www.civic-exchange.org/publications/2006/TPB-E.pdf. A parallelguide was also produced for Town Planning Board members withthe hope of helping them better understand their duties.We would not have been able to accomplish this diverse array ofinteresting projects in the past year without the assistance of a greatteam, including the researchers, collaborators, editors, translators,designers and the many individuals who contributed their ideasthroughout. I look forward to working with them again and to producingmore intellectually challenging research that will help us findour way forward in the society we live in and care about.19
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