Surveys

Civic Exchange commissioned the Hong Kong Transition Project to conduct the following surveys in order to gauge Hong Kong citizens’ attitudes to current political issues.

Hong Kong Constitutional Reform: What do the People Want?
Key findings include support for directly electing the Chief Executive has slipped slightly to 66 percent, while support for directly electing Legislative Council members remains stable at 72 percent.

Constitutional Reform Survey 2005: Reforming the Chief Executive Election
Results indicate a 46 percent plurality supporting direct elections for the Chief Executive in 2007, with an additional 63 percent that believe direct elections would mean fairer policies.

Constitutional Reform Survey 2005: Reforming the Legislative Council
This survey shows that a majority of 52 percent support direct LegCo elections by 2008, while 60 percent believe functional constituencies should be abolished step by step, opposed to all at once or not at all.

Publications

Applying Sustainability Tools: Exploring Constitutional Development
- By Christine Loh

Civic Exchange’s Response to the Fifth Report of the Constitutional Development Task Force
- By Civic Exchange

The Executive Council: Role, Responsibilities and Scope for Reform
- By Civic Exchange

The Executive Council: Role, Responsibilities and Scope for Reform (Updated)
- By Civic Exchange

Governing Singapore: How, Why, and Where are We Heading?
- By Yeo Lay-hwee, Tam Hsien-li, and Joanne Lin of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Hong Kong’s Functional Constituencies: Legislators and Elections
- By Simon Young

Protecting and Advancing the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
- By Richard Cullen

Regulating Political Parties in Hong Kong
- By Richard Cullen

The Rule of Law in Hong Kong
- By Richard Cullen

Taxation and Democracy in Hong Kong
- By Richard Cullen and Tor Krever

To What Extent Have Members of the Functional Constituencies Performed the ‘Balancing Role’ in Hong Kong?
- By Sing Ming

Events

Forum on the New Chief Executive's Platform
Public Forum, July 2

Constitutional Development: Chief Executive and LegCo Elections
Workshop, March 18