Voices from the Hall – Consultation on Land SupplyBack

| Background | Details of the Forum | Preparation works before the Forum | Research Results | Other Matters |

   
Background

“Voices from the Hall – Consultation on Land Supply” was jointly conducted by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and Public Opinion Programme, The University of Hong Kong (HKUPOP). It aimed at encouraging the public to deliberate on the consultation on land supply through the forum. The concept of this activity is based on the idea of “Deliberative Polling” created by the Stanford University in the US. The participants would listen to both affirmative and negative opinions from respective guests, and would be given the opportunity to pose questions to guests on the spot. The organizer would then analyze the change in public opinions collected before and after the debate. For the background information of Stanford University’s “Deliberative Polling”, please refer to the Deliberative Polling Page.

This study was divided into two parts, which included a public opinion survey with a representative sample of no less than 1,000 citizens, and a debate entitled “Voices from the Hall” attended by no less than 100 people. For the details and results of the public sample, please refer to the page here.
   
Research Team Members

Director

 : CHUNG Ting-Yiu Robert

Research Manager

 : Frank Wai-kin Lee

Data Analysts

 : Edward Chit-fai Tai, Anson Lee, Mandy Yau

Other Team Members

 : Winnie Lee, Joyce Chan, Jasmine Chow, Jeremiah Lai, Esther Pang, Carmen Law, Evelyn Ching, Kin Wong, Ricky Wong, Kenny Djung, Kelvin Ho
 

 
Details of the forum

Details of the “Voices from the Hall” are as follow:
  • Topic：Consultation on Land Supply
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  • Date：25 August 2018 (Saturday)
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  • Time：9:30am to 12 noon
  • Venue：RTHK Broadcasting House
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  • Guest：
    		•  Stanley Yuen-fai WONG (Chairman of Task Force on Land Supply)

    Eddie Hoi-dick Chu (Member of Citizens Task Force on Land Resources)

    Shih Wing-ching (Founder of Real Estate Agency)

    Samantha Lee (Assistant Director of WWF-Hong Kong)

    Felix Kwok-pan Chung (Leader of Liberal Party)

    Steven Wing-kin Kwok (Chairman of Labour Party)
     
  • Rundown：
    		• 08:45-09:30  Registration
    09:30-11:30  Debate
    11:30-11:35  Participants to fill in questionnaires
    11:35-11:50  Open discussion for participants
    11:50-12:00  Conclusion and announcement of poll results
     
  • Transportation: Apart from participants who went to the venue by themselves, shuttle buses at Kowloon Tong, Admiralty and Tsuen Wan were also provided by the organizer.
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  • Note: Each participant obtained HKD$100 as a token of appreciation of their attendance.

 

 
Preparation work before the Forum

POP officially started the invitation process 1 month before the Forum. In the first round of calls, 188 citizens showed interest to attend the activity. The calls were made according to the interviewees’ age group (i.e. 18 to 39, 40 to 59 and 60 or above) and their self-claimed social strata (collectively called upper, middle and lower class) to ensure the representativeness of the participants. RTHK then mailed or emailed the invitation letter for the debate, the first round survey (Chinese PDF available only) and the background information of the topic to each participant. POP then conducted the final confirmation one week before the debate, and a confirmed list of around 160 people who would attend the debate was finalized before 25 August 2018.

 

On the date of the debate, the organizer asked each participant to hand in the completed first round survey questionnaire upon their arrival at the venue. Near the end of the debate, the organizer asks each participant to fill in the second round survey questionnaire, which has the exact same content as the first one. The aim is to analyze the change in citizens’ opinion before and after the debate. The survey is jointly designed by POP and RTHK. All the operations, data collection and analysis are done independently by POP without the interference of any other party. The survey questions are as follows:


Q1. How much do you support or oppose adopting “public-private partnership” approach in developing private farmland in the New Territories? Among the land gained, how much of its area do you think should be developed into public housing and private housing respectively?
Q2. How much do you support or oppose using reclamation to increase land supply? Among the land gained, how much of its area do you think should be developed into public housing and private housing respectively?
Q3. How much do you support or oppose the government to resume the land under private recreational leases (PRLs), such as the Fanling Golf Course to increase land supply? Among the land gained, how much of its area do you think should be developed into public housing and private housing respectively?
Q4. Do you think the current consultation implemented by the Task Force on Land Supply has fully reflected the public opinion?
   
Research Results

A total of 119 citizens attended the debate on that day. 114 of them completed and submitted the first and second round survey questionnaires. POP conducted the analysis based on the 114 people and announced the research results on the spot.

   
Other Matters

RTHK conducted a live broadcast of the “Voices from the Hall” forum at Radio 1 and simultaneously a live streaming at RTHK TV 31 and its online broadcast station on that day. Besides, RTHK has uploaded the clip of the entire debate onto their website, at the following links:
   

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