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The questionnaire comprised 7 key questions. First of all, all respondents were asked to evaluate each of the 9 institutions based on their perception of its overall performance using a scale of 0-10, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half. Respondents were suggested to take into account the institution』s local and international reputation, facilities, campus environment, qualification of its teaching staff, academic research performance, conduct and quality of its students, its learning atmosphere, as well as the diversification and degree of recognition for its courses. Survey results indicated that, in terms of principals』 perception, HKU received the highest mean score of 8.56, CUHK came second with an average score of 8.14, whereas HKUST ranked third with a mean score of 7.82. These top three were all rated by 117 principals, for other university』s performance scores, please refer to Table 2 below.
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| Table 2. Overall Performance of Each Institution |
[Q1] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of each institution of higher education after taking into consideration its local and international reputation, facilities and campus environment, qualification of its teaching staff, academic research performance, conduct and quality of students as well as its learning atmosphere, diversification and level of recognition of its courses, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half. How would you rate the following institutions? |
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Average |
Standard error |
No of raters |
Recognition |
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HKU |
8.56 |
0.12 |
117 |
100.0% |
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CUHK |
8.14 |
0.11 |
117 |
100.0% |
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HKUST |
7.82 |
0.11 |
117 |
100.0% |
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PolyU |
6.84 |
0.10 |
114 |
97.4% |
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HKBU |
6.33 |
0.10 |
115 |
98.3% |
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CityU |
6.32 |
0.09 |
113 |
96.6% |
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HKIEd |
5.82 |
0.13 |
114 |
97.4% |
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LU |
5.45 |
0.12 |
106 |
90.6% |
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HKSYU |
4.91 |
0.16 |
102 |
87.2% |
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| With respect to the perceived overall performance of the Vice-Chancellor/ President/Principal of each institution, taking into consideration one』s local and international reputation, approachability, leadership, vision, social credibility and public relations, Professor Lap-chee Tsui of HKU topped the list with an average score of 8.14 rated by 114 respondents. Professor Tony F. Chan of HKUST followed and attained a mean score of 7.01 rated by 82 respondents. Meanwhile, Professor Anthony B.L. Cheung of HKIEd became third scoring 6.95 and rated by 112 respondents. This year, Professor Lawrence J. Lau of CUHK received the lowest score of 5.17 rated by 112 respondents (Table 3). |
| Table 3. Overall Performance of Each Vice-Chancellor / President / Principal |
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[Q2] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of Vice-Chancellor / President / Principal of each institution while taking his local and international reputation, approachability to the public, leadership, vision, social credibility and public relations into consideration, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half. How would you rate the following Vice-Chancellors / Presidents / Principal? |
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Average |
Standard error |
No of raters |
Recognition |
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HKU - Prof Lap-chee TSUI |
8.14 |
0.14 |
114 |
97.4% |
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HKUST - Prof Tony F. CHAN |
7.01 |
0.16 |
82 |
70.1% |
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HKIEd - Prof Anthony B.L. CHEUNG |
6.95 |
0.13 |
112 |
95.7% |
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HKSYU - Dr Chi-yung CHUNG |
6.77 |
0.15 |
96 |
82.1% |
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PolyU - Prof Timothy W. TONG |
6.59 |
0.15 |
79 |
67.5% |
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LU - Prof Yuk-shee CHAN |
6.37 |
0.14 |
83 |
70.9% |
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HKBU - Prof Ching-fai NG |
6.32 |
0.15 |
111 |
94.9% |
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CityU - Prof Way KUO |
6.20 |
0.14 |
84 |
71.8% |
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CUHK - Prof Lawrence J. LAU |
5.17 |
0.20 |
112 |
95.7% |
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| The next question asked the respondents』 opinion on the qualities which most Hong Kong university students lack of. Results showed that 「work attitude」 and 「commitment to society」 were most commonly cited, as chosen by 65% and 63% of respondents respectively. The next tier included 「global prospect / foresight」, 「social / interpersonal skills」 and 「conduct, honesty」, accounting for 53%, 51% and 45% of respondents correspondingly (Tables 4 & 5). |
| Table 4. Perceived Deficiencies among the University Students in Hong Kong |
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[Q3] What do you think are the qualities which most Hong Kong university students lack of?
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% of total responses |
% of total sample |
Work attitude |
76 |
13.4% |
65.0% |
Commitment to society |
74 |
13.0% |
63.2% |
Global prospect / foresight |
62 |
10.9% |
53.0% |
Social / interpersonal skills |
60 |
10.6% |
51.3% |
Conduct, honesty |
53 |
9.3% |
45.3% |
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Emotion stability |
43 |
7.6% |
36.8% |
Proficiency in Chinese, English and Putonghua |
38 |
6.7% |
32.5% |
Critical thinking and problem-solving ability |
32 |
5.6% |
27.4% |
Communication skills |
28 |
4.9% |
23.9% |
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Social / work experience |
21 |
3.7% |
17.9% |
Creativity |
19 |
3.3% |
16.2% |
Job opportunity |
17 |
3.0% |
14.5% |
Financial management |
17 |
3.0% |
14.5% |
Self-confidence |
13 |
2.3% |
11.1% |
Academic and professional knowledge |
12 |
2.1% |
10.3% |
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Others (see Table 5) |
2 |
0.4% |
1.7% |
Don』t know |
1 |
0.2% |
0.9% |
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Total |
568 |
100.0% |
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Base |
117 |
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Missing case(s) |
0 |
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| Table 5. Perceived Deficiencies among the University Students in Hong Kong (Other answers) |
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[Q3] What do you think are the qualities which most Hong Kong university students lack of?
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| Question 4 was set out to understand which institution the principals believed was the most supportive to local secondary schools. Survey results indicated that CUHK was the most popular with 41% of vote share, leading others by a wide margin. HKIEd came second with 22%, whereas HKU ranked third with 12%. In the meantime, 13% of respondents were either undecided or had chosen more than one institution in this question (Table 6). |
| Table 6. Most Supportive Institution to Local Secondary Schools |
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[Q4] Which one of the following institutions do you think is the most supportive to local secondary schools? You can only choose one institution. |
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Frequency |
% of valid respondents |
CUHK |
45 |
40.5% |
HKIEd |
24 |
21.6% |
HKU |
13 |
11.7% |
HKBU |
6 |
5.4% |
LU |
3 |
2.7% |
PolyU |
3 |
2.7% |
HKUST |
2 |
1.8% |
HKSYU |
1 |
0.9% |
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Choose more than one institution / undecided |
14 |
12.6% |
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Total |
111 |
100.0% |
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Base |
117 |
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Missing case(s) |
6 |
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| Question 5 is newly added this year and asked school principals whether they would support or oppose the continual implementation of 「Integrated Education」 in secondary schools. Results revealed that 49% of respondents opposed the continual implementation whereas 41% said 「half-half」. Only 7% were in support of it (Table 7). |
| Table 7. Opinion on the continual implementation of 「Integrated Education」 |
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[Q5] Do you support or oppose to the continual implementation of 「Integrated Education」 in secondary schools? |
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Frequency |
% of valid respondents |
Support |
8 |
6.9% |
Half-half |
47 |
40.5% |
Oppose |
57 |
49.1% |
Don』t know |
4 |
3.4% |
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Total |
116 |
100.0% |
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Base |
117 |
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Missing case(s) |
1 |
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| Next, respondents were asked to rate how confident they were in the Hong Kong education system led by the Education Bureau using a scale of 0 to 100 marks, in which higher marks indicated a higher level of confidence. Results showed that 114 valid respondents gave a mean score of 52.2 marks, which was subject to a standard error of 1.75 marks (Table 8). |
| Table 8. Confidence in the Hong Kong education system |
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[Q6] Overall speaking, how confident are you in the education system led by the Education Bureau? Please rate your confidence in 0 to 100 marks, 0 represents not confident at all, 50 represents half-half and 100 represents very confident. |
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Frequency |
% of valid respondents |
0 – 9 |
2 |
1.8% |
10 – 19 |
4 |
3.5% |
20 – 29 |
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3.5% |
30 – 39 |
10 |
8.8% |
40 – 49 |
18 |
15.8% |
50 |
24 |
21.1% |
51 – 59 |
3 |
2.6% |
60 – 69 |
21 |
18.4% |
70 – 79 |
20 |
17.5% |
80 – 89 |
6 |
5.3% |
90 – 100 |
2 |
1.8% |
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Total |
114 |
100.0% |
Base |
117 |
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Missing case(s) |
3 |
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Mean |
52.2 |
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Median |
50.0 |
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Standard error of mean |
1.75 |
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Valid base |
114 |
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| The last question was in open-end format that served to probe for respondents』 in-depth opinions regarding the subject matter and/or the survey. Please refer to Table 9 below for the submissions received. |
| Table 9. Opinions / Suggestions from School Principals (in exact wordings) |
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[Q7] Is there any other opinion you would like to bring to the attention of the researchers? [open-end question] |
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