Page 18 - Accelerating Research and Impact - Issue 5

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Average score of nine GBA cities
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Greater Bay Area residents think mainland doing a better job
Co-founded by Lingnan University and South China University of Technology, the “Joint Research Centre for Greater Bay Area - Social Policy & Governance” released a survey entitled “Greater Bay Area mainland residents’ evaluation of COVID-19 measures and impression of Hong Kong and Macau” in April 2020. The survey shows that mainland residents in the Great Bay Area (GBA) believe their local governments to be more effective in measures for pandemic prevention compared to the Hong Kong and Macau governments.
The survey also asked participants to evaluate their overall impression of Hong Kong and Macau. The results reveal that most respondents perceive Hong Kong to be “an economically developed city”, “a highly international city”, “a shopping paradise” and “an open city”. However, when evaluating whether Hong Kong is “a city with good social management”, “a safe city”, “an inclusive city” and “a friendly city”, the scores were relatively low.
Prof Joshua Ka Ho MOK, Vice-President and leader of this research project, states that GBA mainland residents’ evaluation of pandemic prevention in Hong Kong was not negative, as the scores were only slightly lower than that of the mainland and Macau. However, he stresses that GBA mainland residents’ overall impression of Hong Kong is what requires our attention, and suggests that after the pandemic, the Hong Kong government should reference anti-pandemic work from around the world and review its own actions.
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SOCIAL FINDINGS REVEALED IN PANDEMIC