Project Plan for District Council 2003 Election StudiesBack

 

Project DC03 is the first research project undertaken by the HKU Student Research Team. The Team aims at recruiting 100 student researchers, who are highly recommended to join in pairs. Researchers would work in pairs and monitor campaign activities at selected District Council constituencies. All student researchers who complete the project successfully will receive a certificate.

 
 

A briefing session which will be held in CYM G01 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm on November 7 (Fri) and two seminars will be held at later dates. On November 23, the Team will conduct election day observations and exit polls. The project will end before December 5 and the study report will be released in mid-December. Herewith an outline of the tasks to be undertaken by the researchers:

 
 

Task 1

 

Working in pairs to monitor campaign activities at selected DC constituencies. This includes visiting the constituency, taking photographs of campaign activities, banners, posters, billboards, collecting leaflets, recording people's response, etc.

 
 

Task 2

 

Working in pairs to attend, observe and record forums at selected constituencies. This involves talking to candidates and participants before or after such forums, dropping field notes, etc.

 
 

Task 3

 

Working in pairs on election day (23 Nov 03) to observe and record election-related activities, as well as to interview actual voters outside selected polling stations.

 
 

Task 4

 

Putting all observations and field notes on-line at a project website accessible by all Team members. Everyone shares the observation of every other.

 
 

Task 5

 

Attending a briefing session and 2 seminars before and after the election, whereby researchers will be introduced the background of DC elections in HK, the basic knowledge of social research and election studies, and the logistics of this study.

 
 

The work load of the project is estimated to be about one working day per week before the election, and the whole of the election day. Herewith a tentative schedule of project activities, subject to confirmation -

 
  Date  Venue / time   Activity   PIC 
  15/10 Wed  Cyber Café / 1500   1st meeting of core members   Robert 
  29/10 Wed  Cyber Café / 1430   2nd meeting of core members, recruitment starts   Karmen 
  31/10 Fri     Send bulkmail to all HKU students via HKUSU system   Cerin 
  1/11 Sat  Web / 0400   Send bulkmail to all HKU students via HKU system   Robert 
  5/11 Wed     Send bulkmail to all HKU students via HKUSU system   Cerin 
  5/11-12/12     Website active and rolling   Cliff 
  5/11 Wed  Cyber Café / 1430   3rd meeting of core members   Karmen 
  7/11 Fri  CYM G01 / 1730-1900   Briefing session, recruitment ends   Robert 
  8-22/11  on-site / flexible   Election observation   - 
  14/11 Fri  Meng Wah T6 / 1730-1900   Seminar One: Talk by Dr Jennifer Chan; exit poll briefing   Robert 
  23/11 Sun  on-site / whole day   Election day observation and exit poll   - 
  5/12 Fri  Meng Wah T6 / 1730-1900   Seminar Two: Talk by Dr Sonny Lo; project wrap-up   Robert 
  12/12 Fri     Release of study report    
 
 

The following HKU staff members have agreed to be advisors of Project DC03:

 
 

1) Dr Sonny Lo, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration （政治與公共行政學系副教授盧兆興博士）
2) Dr Jennifer Chan, Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science （統計及精算系講師陳素娟博士）
3) Dr Albert Chau, Director of General Education （通識教育總監周偉立博士）
4) Dr Robert Chung, Director of Public Opinion Programme （民意研究計劃主任鍾庭耀博士）