The polls of the Chinese University of Hong Kong show that nearly 60 % of Hong Kong citizens lack interest in politics, and more than 40 % do not believe that the Hong Kong Legislative Council can effectively supervise the government.
According to the press release of the Hong Kong CUHK official website, a poll released by the Hong Kong CUHK Hong Kong Institute of Asia -Pacific Institute on Monday (September 9) shows that 58.8%of the respondents have expressed their lack of interest in politics.62.9%last year fell 4.1 percentage points, and interested in politics rose from 34.2%last year to 6.6 percentage points to 40.8%.
Investigate the reasons why the interviewees lack of interest in politics, 56.2%of the respondents believe that "government officials don't care much about people like me", 53.1%of the respondents believe that "like like like like me"I do n’t have any say in government policies. "39.5%of the respondents believe that" sometimes political and government affairs are complicated, and people like me are difficult to understand. "
The survey pointed out that most citizens interviewed have never expressed their opinions on regional or Hong Kong issues. About 8 percent claims that they have failed to pass the district councilor, legislators or non -governmental groups, and they did not express them directly to the government.Opinion.
The survey also showed that 42.2%of the respondents did not agree that "Hong Kong's political parties can effectively supervise the government", and 28.2%agreed; in terms of representative public opinion, 46.5%It can represent the opinions of different citizens ", and 26.3%agreed.
In response to the performance of the current Hong Kong Legislative Council, 43.1%of the citizens believe that the Hong Kong Legislative Council fails to effectively supervise the government and believes that the effective supervisors account for 30.4%.
In this regard, Zhang Xinyu, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, believes that the degree of trust in Hong Kong citizens' trust in the political system is still low. Parliament should monitor governance with independent roles.For part of the part, members should double their efforts to reflect public opinion and speak on behalf of the people.
Regarding whether the political spectrum of the parliament is narrow, he believes that the two have nothing to do, and the "Patriot" should also supervise the government independently.
The above polls were conducted from July 31st to August 12th. The sampling error was within 3.68 percentage points with a telephone interview with 708 citizens with a telephone number.
