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Press Release on April 10, 2008
 
In a response to the public call of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC), Robert Ting-Yiu Chung, Director of Public Opinion Programme, submitted a written representation to EAC on April 10, 2008 on the proposed changes to the guidelines on exit polls under Chapter 15 of the Proposed Guidelines on Election-related Activities in respect of the Legislative Council Election. In the afternoon of the same day, Robert Chung also made an oral presentation in the public forum held at the EAC Conference Room, 10/F Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The full text of the written representation together with all annexes have already been uploaded onto "POP Column" under "HKU POP SITE" (http://hkupop.pori.hk).


According to Robert Chung, in order to protect academic freedom and the free flow of information, any restriction on opinion polling including exit polling should be based on three principles: the less government restriction the better, the more free flow of information the better, and the earlier we could establish a professional code of practice the better. As for Chung's comments on the specific proposals made by EAC, please see "POP Column" in the POP Site.

The copyright of the written representation is entirely open, the media is welcome to carry it in all or in part. Everything in the submission is the personal opinion of the writer and does not represent the stand of the University of Hong Kong. For information about previous exit polls conducted by POP, including the exit poll for 2000 Lego HK Island By-election, 2004 Legislative Council Elections and 2007 District Council Elections, please refer to the relevant item in the POP Site, under "Election Surveys" of "POP Polls".