香港大學發表有關巿民對義務工作意見調查返回

In 2001 IYV, the Agency for Volunteer Service (AVS) appointed the University of Hong Kong Public Opinion Programme (HKUPOP) to conduct a survey on "Public's Reception & Perception of Volunteer Services" with aims to have a better understanding on the experience, motivation, contribution, values, facilitators and obstacles of the people in Hong Kong participating in volunteer services.

Dr Chung Ting-yiu, Programme Director of the HKUPOP reported that, according to the findings, about 62% respondents participated in organized volunteer service and mutual aid activities ("not organized volunteer service"). Using the latest statistics of the Hong Kong population aged 15 or above (approximately 5.6 millions), it is estimated that the total number of volunteers falls between 3.3 and 3.6 millions. Findings indicate that participants of organized volunteer service and mutual aid activities provided an average of 35 and 22 hours of services respectively in the past 12 months, and self-rated the economic value of such services at HK$76 and HK$32 respectively. Besides, about 45% respondents indicated that they participated in volunteering mainly through social service organizations, religious bodies and schools. In addition, most respondents thought that the best way to promote local volunteer service is to improve the economic condition (12%), to inject more resources (8%) and to cultivate the atmosphere for volunteering (7%) in Hong Kong.

In the press conference , Mr Lee Jark-pui, Chairman of the AVS announced a series of development plans of the Agency to facilitate and encourage more volunteer participation. The volunteering activities includes : "Cultural Services Volunteers Scheme", "Happy China Tour for Home Elderly", "Community Service Project", "Caring the Seniors Movement", "V-Walk for Volunteering-A Walk at Sun-set", "Tuition on Volunteers" and free "Volunteer e-card", etc.

As a partnership with the corporate sector, to sustain the development of volunteer service, the AVS and the Hong Kong Chinese Bank (HKCB) will launch a "AVS VISA Card" at the press conference. Mr Simon Chau, Assistant General Manager of the HKCB officiated at the launching.

For more details of the volunteering activities, please visit the Homepage of the Agency for Volunteer Service at http://www.avs.org.hk or contact them at 2527-3825.