January 23 Rally 2005Back

	Opinions from an online survey of some participants of the mass rally held on January 23, 2005 are carried by this platform. Because online surveys are not representative, their results can only serve as rough references. This is especially so for the January 23 Rally due to the small number of participants. Although the response rate was more or less the same as those of similar online surveys, the actual sample was small and far from representative.

	Opinion Statistics of Online Survey (conducted on 23-28/1/2005; released on 30/1/2005; on-line from 30/1/2005) (Chinese only) The tables in this section show the statistics of opinions from the online survey submitted by the participants of the mass rally held on January 23, 2005 who have passed our identity check. In the Rally, 938 leaflets with password were distributed to invite the participants to complete the online survey in a specific website. After 5 days, we have received 56 questionnaires with valid passwords. Among them, 11 respondents have submitted opinions in the open space at the end of the questionnaires.

	Open-ended Opinions of Online Survey (conducted on 23-28/1/2005; released on 30/1/2005; on-line from 30/1/2005) This part lists out the open-ended opinions submitted by the respondents of the online survey. These submissions are compiled from questionnaires which have passed our identity check, and judged by us to contain no foul language or personal attack and are relevant to the topic. These opinions are unedited. Any responsibility, legal or otherwise, generated from any submission posted in this platform shall vest entirely with its author. The copyright is completely open. All submissions which have passed our identity check but not fulfilled the above requirements will be kept until 9 February for media investigation. If a media decides to publicize the opinions, the responsibility shall vest entirely with the media concerned. What is your major demand in joining the January 23 Rally? Other comments

	Full text of on-line questionnaire (conducted on 23-28/1/2005) Our usual practice is to publish our research method and questionnaire design in complete detail. We encourage members of the public to form their own views of our work, after reading through all relevant material. We use similar questionnaires for all surveys of mass rally participants.

	Relevant column articles "From "123 Rally" to the Future Development" Thomson Chung-Sum Hui (Core Member of Hong Kong University Student Research Team) (26/1/2005) The Hong Kong University Student Research Team observed and studied the January 23 Rally and wrote this article to record their findings. This article briefly discussed the head counting method and the result. It also examined the reasons for the low participation of the public in this rally. The Chinese version of this article was published by the Hong Kong Economic Journal on January 26 2005.