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Background

The "Deliberative Forum on 2023 Asian Games Bid" is jointly organized by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and the University of Hong Kong Public Opinion Programme (HKUPOP). Its aim is to encourage the public to adopt critical thinking when discussing complex and controversial public issues. The forum provides a chance for the public to have deeper contact with the details and discussion points of the 2023 Asian Games bid issue. The concept of this activity comes from the idea of "Deliberative Polling" created by the Stanford University in USA. 100 Hong Kong citizens are randomly selected to attend the deliberative forum. They will listen to both affirmative and negative opinions from respective guests, and have opportunity to ask the guests questions on the spot. The organizer will analyze the change in public opinion before and after the debate. For the background information of Stanford University's "Deliberative Polling", please refer to Deliberative Polling Page.

The activity is divided into two parts, which includes a public sample of no less than 3,000 people, and an invitation for 100 people to attend a debate named "Deliberative Forum on 2023 Asian Games Bid". For the details and results of the public sample, please access the website here.

Research Team Members

Research Director : Robert Ting-Yiu Chung	Research Executive : Frank Wai-kin Lee, Anne Zee-Miu Kwok	Other Team Members : Karie Ka-Lai Pang, Winnie Wing-Yi Lee, Clarence Tsz-Ying Ng, Benny Wai-Bun Kok
	Data Analysis : Quincy Tsz-Kwan Cheng, Edward Chit-Fai Tai

Special thanks to the following organizations/individuals who have provided support in organizing the captioned deliberative forum (in no particular order):

Teaching and administrative staffs of Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Department of Journalism and Communication, who have voluntarily assisted in organizing the activity (Mr Chan Mon-cho, Mr Leung Tak-man, Dr Wang Hsu, Ms Vanness F. Yan)

Students of Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Department of Journalism and Communication, who have voluntarily participated as moderators of focus groups and video taking crews (Moderators: Lam Oi-yi, Chan Joey, Chow Sin-ting, Wong Chiu-hung, Tsang Hing-kit Johnny (Stand-by), Video taking crews: Hui Pak-lun, Lai Tsz-chun, Ng Choi-bong, Suen Man-ying)

Committees of RCTV, who have voluntarily participated as video taking crews

All staffs from R.C Hall and Assembly Hall

Details of the Forum

Details of the "Deliberative Forum on 2023 Asian Games Bid" are as follows:

Topic：Should citizens support the government's bid for the 2023 Asian Games?
Date：9 January 2011 (Sunday)
Time：10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Address：Assembly Hall, 6 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Rundown：	10:00-10:45　Entrance to venue
	10:45-12:00　Debate
	12:00-13:15　Group discussion (some groups are held in R C Lee Hall in Sassoon Road)
	13:15-14:30　Lunch
	14:30-15:00　Conclusion and announcement of poll results

Transport：besides participants going to the venue by themselves, shuttle buses in Kowloon Tong, Admiralty and Shatin are provided by the organizer.
Note：each participant will obtain HKD$100 as an appreciation of their attendance.

Preparation work before the Forum

The Public Opinion Programme officially started the invitation process 4 weeks before the debate. A Hong Kong-wide random telephone survey has been conducted between 6 to 23 December 2010. In the first round of calls, 300 public persons show interest to attend the activity. This is followed by the second round of calls by the Public Opinion Programme. The calls are made according to the interviewees' age group (ie. 18 to 29, 30 to 49 and 50 or above) and their self-claimed social strata (summarized into upper, middle and lower class) to ensure participants are representative of the public. At 4 January 2011, there is a confirmation list of around 120 persons. Radio Television Hong Kong then mailed or emailed the invitation letter for the debate, the first round survey and the background information of the Asian Games bid to each participant, which include:

I In between 4 and 6 January 2011, the Public Opinion Programme conducted the third round of telephone follow-up. Finally around 100 participants confirm that they will attend the debate.

On the date of the debate, the organizer asks each participant to arrive at the venue by 10 am and hand in the completed first round survey questionnaire. During the group discussion in the middle of the debate, the organizer asks each participant to fill in the second round survey questionnaire, which has the exact same content with the first one. The aim is to analyze the change of citizens' opinion before and after the debate. The survey is jointly designed by the Public Opinion Programme and Radio Television Hong Kong. All the operations, data collection and analysis are done independently by the Public Opinion Programme without the interference of any other party. The survey questions are as follows:

Q1. Taking the whole society into consideration, do you think Hong Kong should host the 2023 Asian Games?
Q2. In your personal opinion, should Hong Kong host the 2023 Asian Games?
Q3. When considering whether Hong Kong should host the 2023 Asian Games, how important do you think is the factor of Hong Kong's sports development/economic development/livelihood considerations/international image/social cohesion/public expenditure?
Q4. Including all the considerable factors, and taking the whole society into consideration, do you think Hong Kong should host the 2023 Asian Games?

Research Results

A total of 66 citizens attended the debate on that day. 65 of them completed and submitted the first and second round surveys. Using the 65 persons as sample, the Public Opinion Programme conducted the analysis and announced the research results on the spot.

Results Powerpoint

Other Matters

Radio Television Hong Kong has recorded the entire debate and produced a radio programme. It was broadcasted at 5 to 8 pm, 10 January 2011 at Radio 1.

Activity Photos

Activity Photos