十月已過，世界是否重新啟步，我不知道，但從民意研究而言，這個十一月的確很重要。世界民意研究學會經歷三年沒有實體會議，終於會在杜拜舉行實體周年大會，討論民研新挑戰。是次會議將與其亞太分會的周年大會同期舉行，既有獨立會議，亦有聯合研討會，是一個百花齊放的專業活動。至於我們香港民研在今年六月啟動的「一國兩制25周年中期民情總結」系列，至今已經發表了13份報告，剛巧超過總數25份報告的一半。在公民教育工作方面，民研在過去幾個月，已經在社交媒體增加了很多圖像訊息，而在民研新聞發佈會，我們亦開始培養年青主持人，活學活用和帶出數字與評論的分別。十一月是否一個機遇，有待觀察。
October has passed, has the world rebooted? From the perspective of public opinion research, this November is really important. After three years of zero real meeting, the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) will finally hold its face to face annual conference in Dubai to discuss the new challenges of public opinion research. The conference will be held in conjunction with the annual conference of its Asia Pacific Chapter, and will include both independent and joint seminars, making it a professional event of all kinds. As for our HKPORI “25th Anniversary of One Country Two Systems Mid-term Review Series” which we started in June, we have already released 13 reports, which is just over half of the total 25 reports. In terms of civic education, we have posted a lot of infographics on social media in the past few months, and we have also started to train up young moderators to hold our press conferences, so that they can apply what they have learnt, especially in distinguishing the difference between figures and comments. Whether November is an opportunity remains to be seen.
