Joint survey of SCUT and Lingnan University shows Hong Kong citizens positive about city’s competitiveness in GBA
time: 2019-10-28

Prof Joshua Mok Ka-ho, Vice President of Lingnan University (middle) and Wang Ou, Associate Professor of School of Public Administration of South China University of Technology(left)  release the findings of the research project titled “Hong Kong Citizens’ Evaluation of Hong Kong’s Competitiveness in the Greater Bay Area”.


Over 60 per cent of local respondents believe that Hong Kong retains its competitiveness in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) while 43 per cent hold the view that such competitiveness will decline in the next 10 years. These are the findings revealed today of a survey conducted by the Joint Research Centre for Greater Bay Area -- Social Policy and Governance co-founded by Lingnan University and the South China University of Technology.

The survey, entitled “Hong Kong Citizens’ Evaluation of Hong Kong’s Competitiveness in the Greater Bay Area”, was conducted from 16 to 28 September 2019. A total of 1,216 Hong Kong citizens aged 18 or above were interviewed in random phone calls.  The survey was in four parts: (I) Local Citizens’ Satisfaction with Hong Kong’s Current Situation and Attitude towards its Future; (II) Local Citizens’ Evaluation of the Changing Trend in Hong Kong’s Global Competitiveness; (III) Local Citizens’ Evaluation of Hong Kong’s Competitiveness in the GBA; and (IV) Local Citizens’ Evaluation of Shenzhen’s Becoming the “Pilot Demonstration Area” and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Relationship.




Reproduced from Lingnan University

https://www.ln.edu.hk/news/20191022/joint-survey-of-lingnan-university-and-south-china-university-of-technology-shows-hong-kong-citizens-positive-about-city-s-competitiveness-in-gba/