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What the survey findings mean

The Young Reporter (2011, January), 43(04), pp. 15.
Author: Goosie Chan, Jackie Yin, Sai Aung Thein, Pearlie Yiu. Editor: Alan Kwok, Minnie Li.
Permanent URL - https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/bujspa/purl.php?&did=bujspa0007625

“Young people are somehow captured by the headlines of hot issues. And those items may not necessarily have long-term impact.”

- Dr Vivian Zhan Jing, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK

“The Octopus scandal serves as a warning signal for the protection of personal data as different organisations ought to keep the data confidential.”

- Dr Ludwig Chang Man-kit, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, HKBU

“There is an absence of economic news which is probably due to young people’s low interest in it.”

- Dr Benson Wong Wai-kwok, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU

“The rare unity of Hong Kong’s media in their one-sided reports on the Philippine hostage incident showed the power of media.”

- Ms Ester Man Cheung-lai, Department of Journalism and Communication, HKSYU

“Liu Xiaobo’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize raised concerns about the democracy and human rights situaton of China again.”

- Ms Belle Law Sau-ying, Department of Journalism, HKBU

“A minimum wage of $28 per hour does not matter to us. I earned much more by giving tutorial classes.”

- Mr Rab Tai Tsz-chun, Department of Journalism and Communication, HKSYU

Further reading:

Do our future journalists have the right news judgement?

by Mak Yin-ting on page 20

REPORTED BY GOOSIE CHAN, JACKIE YIN, SAI AUNG THEIN & PEARLIE YIU

EDITED BY ALAN KWOK & MINNIE LI

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