THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG - HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ASIA-PACIFIC STUDIES

Compared with the results for 2022, the proportion of respondents always or sometimes posting or sharing messages on social media such as Facebook and other internet forums in 2023 decreased by 6.9 percentage points, while the proportion of respondents responding that they had never done so increased by 17.1%. [...] The statistical analysis shows that there were statistically significant differences in the results of the three questions about functions and roles of political parties between 2022 and 2023. [...] Secondly, the proportion of respondents disagreeing that “political parties in Hong Kong can represent different views of the public” in 2023 increased by 15.1 percentage points, while that responding “half-half” decreased by 20.8 percentage points. [...] Lastly, regarding the statement that “many policies could not proceed smoothly if political parties do not support the Hong Kong government”, the proportion of respondents agreeing to the statement increased by 14.5 percent points, while that responding “half-half” in 2023 decreased by 11.0 percentage points. [...] The data in this survey was weighted based on the probability of the respondents being selected via dual-frame sampling design and relevant age-sex distribution of the population published by the Census and Statistics Department before analysis.