The Hong Kong Press Freedom Index rated by the news from the workers fell to a new low

A survey by the Hong Kong Journalists Association shows that the Hong Kong press freedom index rated by the news practitioners has fallen to a new low, and the public score has rebounded.

Comprehensive network media "Hong Kong 01" and Yahoo News reported that the Hong Kong Journalists Association released this year's press freedom index on Tuesday (August 20).

The survey showed that the score of the journalist's scoring of the Press Freedom Index fell to a new low since 2013, with only 25 points, a decrease of 0.7 points from last year.The public score rose to 42.2 points, rising by 0.8 points a year, but it is still close to the low position since 2019.

News practitioners' survey scores have fallen, mainly due to criticism of the SAR Government's increasing scruples (-0.4 points), not ensuring the required information (-0.3 points) of the lawTo.

The public believes that the significantly improved part of the public is the less personal threat (+0.3 points), the laws to ensure the required information (+0.2 points), and the criticism of the central government (++0.2 points) and criticize the big consortium less scruples (+0.2 points).However, the public believes that the score of diversified news positions has declined, down 0.2 points from last year.

In addition, 92%of the news practitioners believe that Article 23 of the Basic Law has a great or great damage to the freedom of press on press.In the public, this data is 39%.

There are differences in the impact of 23 legislation on the freedom of journalism on the public and news practitioners.The law is not much different, so it is believed that there will be fewer public damage.On the contrary, news practitioners are worried that they may mistake the laws when they work, such as violating the provisions related to state secrets.

The Hong Kong Records Association has commissioned the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute to conduct a development freedom index survey. It has been 11 years. The investigation is divided into two aspects: public and journalist practitioners.Public survey was conducted in the form of random sample telephone access. From March 6th to 19th this year, 1007 Hong Kong residents who were 18 years old or above were successfully visited.In terms of the investigation of the news, the Jianxian Association issued a questionnaire to the industry, and successfully obtained a response from 251 people from March 25th to May 9th this year.