This study, Individual and Society, with special focus on
desirable social conditions, media contact, personal development
and social awareness, is the first of the Study Series on civic
awareness. 533 young people, aged 15 to 29, were sampled in Hong
Kong, 500 were sampled in Guangzhou and 505 in Beijing. This
comparative youth study provide much information to better
understand young people in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing.
Major findings:
Young people in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing share
the same desire for social stability and a sound legal
systeim in respect of the most important social
conditions;
Over 70 per cent of Hong Kong young people felt that they
had equal opportunities with anyone else to develop their
career, while over 50 per cent of those in Guangzhou and
as few as 35 per cent in Beijing were of this view;
In general, young people surveyed in this study wish for
success in their career or in their studies in five
years’ time. Nearly 70 per cent of Hong Kong youngsters
believe that life is in their control. This percentage
drops to about 50 per cent for the Guangzhou and Beijing
samples;
Hong Kong young people’s opinions on the function of
the mass media were close to those of Guangzhou young
people. They regarded transmitting messages and news as
the major function of the mass media while their Beijing
counterparts were also concerned about monitoring society
and the government;
In a scale of 0 to 10, the young people of all three
places rate social stability at the highest importance of
9 to 9.5; the following lay with a sound legalsystem,
economic prosperity and a competent government;
On the question of emigration, most young people in Hong
Kong clearly indicated that they watned to stay while 22
per cent wanted to leave. In Guangzhou and Beijing, over
half of the respondents did nto want to leave while about
15 per cent wanted to;
As regards social awareness, young people in the three
places sharedthe same opinion that studying and working
hard was a way of fulfilling social responsibilities.
Nevertheless, they did not agree that students should
concentrates more on their studies but think less about
society affair
京穗港青年比較研究系列(三地)＜一＞