我在上次七月記招解釋過，香港民研需要與時共舞。不一定與時並進，或與時並退。可能是時進時退，或是螺旋前後。與時共舞，亦即與時共進退，似乎是最好的結論。我們開發新的工具，制訂新的民情指數，同時依賴過去三十多年收集的數據，來改進我們的調查方法和分析工具，是既瞻前，又顧後。我們推動二次數據分析，為未來的發展提供新思維。我們會撰寫歷史書籍和報告，包括剛完成的「一國兩制25周年中期民情總結」。我們推出數據查冊服務，但同時縮減我們為社會提供的無償服務和免費出版。究竟我們是在前進還是在後退？也許只有時間才能證明，因為我們正在與時共舞。
In our last press conference held in July, I explained that we at HKPORI would tango with time. I explained, having reflected seriously on whether we are actually advancing or receding with time, it seems most comfortable for me to conclude that we are, and should, simply tango with time. Sometimes we move forward, sometimes backward, sometimes in spirals. We are advancing with new analytical tools, like revamping our PSI methodology, but we are also relying on our empirical data collected over the past three decades to sharpen our methodological tools. We are promoting secondary data analysis, to provide new insights for future development. We will be writing history books and reports, based on our recently completed “One Country Two Systems Mid-term Review Series” among others. We will be launching our data archive services, but we are also reducing the scope of our community service and free publications. Are we moving forward or backward? May be only time can tell, because we are tangoing with time.
