香港民意研究團隊創立於六月份,香港民意研究所獨立於七月份,而香港民研就以五月四日為奠基日。因此,每年的五六七月,都是香港民研思考前路和重新定位的日子,今年當然不會例外。尤其是當我們即將完成「一國兩制25周年中期民情總結」的時候,我們需要檢視社會對民意數據的需求、香港社會的發展歷程、以及香港民研在推動科學與民主的角色。今年五月,民研主席已經預告,香港民研的歷史和世界定位會再次改變。六月初,民研已經向外宣布會在七月開始,減少自費收集原始數據、加強開發二次數據、以及按照社會需要調整定期民意調查的研究領域和發放範圍。今日,隨着檢討過程逐漸結束,民研已經初步決定,會取消大約四之一的定期調查題目,而餘下題目中大約三分之一,也會轉作內部參考、學術研究和付費服務之用,不作公開發表。有關課題初步包括回歸系列、身分認同、兩岸問題、世界視野、六四事件、議員評分、部隊民望和部份社會指標等,詳情會在月底敲定,七月公布。與此同時,民研會組織學術研究團隊,開發二次數據研究,好好運用三十多年來收集的數據。各界人士,尤其是民研會員,歡迎接洽我們,以合作開發或付費委托形式,合法地使用我們尚未發表的數據,推動公民教育和數據先行的專業分析。至於可以如何獲取及使用我們的數據,我們日後會有公布。各界人士如有任何意見或提問,歡迎以電郵聯絡我們,我們會透過網頁平台逐一公開回應。
Our research team was founded in June, while our Institute became independent in July. We also set May 4 to be our Foundation Day. Thus, every year from May to July, we review and brainstorm our future development. This year is no exception, especially when we are about to finish our “One Country Two Systems 25-year Mid-term Review”. We need to examine the demand for public opinion data, the historical development of Hong Kong society, and the role of HKPORI in promoting science and democracy. In May this year, our President has already forecasted that the historical and global positioning of HKPORI would change again. In early June, we announced that we would cut down our self-funded data collection activities, step up our secondary data analysis, and also adjust the scope of our tracking surveys in terms of topic and release format. Today, near the end of our review process, we have tentatively decided to cancel about one-fourth of our regular survey questions, and about one-third of the remaining questions will be used for internal reference, academic research and commissioned services, instead of free releases. These topics tentatively cover our handover series, ethnic identity, cross-strait issues, global awareness, June Fourth Incident, Councillor ratings, disciplinary forces and some social indicators. We will finalize the list by the end of this month and announce it in July. Meanwhile we are setting up an academic research team to develop our secondary data studies, in order to make better use of the data collected over the past 30 years or so. People from all walks of life, especially HKPORI subscribers, are welcome to contact us on how to use our unpublished data legally for collaborative projects or commissioned studies, in order to promote civic education and empirical-based professional analysis. We will set up a system for such data access later, we welcome email enquiries and will answer them one by one openly online.