香港民研在2019年7月1日正式離開香港大學開始獨立運作,至今剛好五年。我們會繼續高舉科學和民主的旗幟,為全人類服務,當然包括我們的國家民族和香港社會。五天前,我在每月一次的記者會裏說過,民研會根據市民興趣、研究價值、成本效益、會員意見、歷史價值、法律風險等六項因素,一籃子考慮各項定期調查應否繼續,及若然繼續的話,調查密度如何調節。民研今天正式宣佈,基於沒有任何下載活動,民研會暫時擱置三項調查,包括「行政會議成員民望」調查9題、「六四事件」調查9題、和「特區成立周年」調查2題。不過,倘若有關題目在未來半年錄得下載記錄,則民研可能會考慮重新啟動有關調查。翻查記錄,上述三項調查已經減至每年一次,屬於減無可減。此外,我在此附加說明:民研今年五月其實已經進行了「特區成立周年」調查,題目為:「你有否因為九七回歸後正式成為中國國民而感到自豪?」及「你會怎樣評價回歸以來中央政府對香港的政策?」只是未把數據上載至查冊平台,特此更正早前在記者招待會發放的訊息並謹此致歉。
HKPORI officially started to operate on July 1, 2019 after it left The University of Hong Kong. We will continue to wave the flags of science and democracy to serve all mankind, including of course our country and Hong Kong society. Five days ago, I said at the monthly press conference that PORI will consider a basket of six factors in deciding whether and how often to continue a tracking survey, namely, people’s interest, research value, cost-effectiveness, member opinions, historical value, and legal risks. Today, we announce the indefinite suspension of three tracking surveys due to zero download: the “Popularity of Executive Councillors” survey with 9 questions, the “June 4th Incident” survey with 9 questions, and the “HKSAR Anniversary” survey with 2 questions . However, in case a download will occur over the next six months, we may consider restarting the relevant survey. Record shows that these three surveys have already become annual surveys, which can hardly be further spaced out. Let me also add a note here: we have actually conducted a survey on “HKSAR Anniversary” in May this year, comprising two questions: “Are you proud of becoming a Chinese citizen after 1997?” and “How would you evaluate the central government’s policy towards Hong Kong since then?” We have conducted the survey but not yet uploaded the data to our enquiry platform. This corrects the information we shared with the press at our last press conference with an apology.