WS 6

Question 1

What is social participation?

Answer 1

It means participating in social activities or public affairs.

Question 2

Examples of social participation:
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Answer 2

Raising funds by flag selling
Volunteering at an elderly centre
Selling raffle tickets for charity
Donating stationary/ clothes/ toys/ food

Question 3

What is political participation?

Answer 3

Political participation means taking actions which influence public policies

Question 4

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Answer 4

participating in elections
voting
running for elections

Question 5

Social participation and political participation are _________________ _________________. Therefore, any behaviour which aims at _________________ _________________ _________________ or _________________ can be considered examples of _________________-_________________ ____________________.

Answer 5

closely related, influencing public affairs, policies, socio-political participation

Question 6

Common types of socio-political activities:
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Answer 6

Demonstration
Assembly
Public consultation 
Voting in elections
Standing for election
Signing petitions

Question 7

Demonstration refers to an occasion when _______________________________________________ to show that they _________________ with or _________________ something or someone.

Answer 7

a group of people march or stand together, disagree, support

Question 8

In Hong Kong, ____________ ______________________ need to be _________________ in _________________ by the _________________ _________________.

Answer 8

mass demonstrations, approved, advance, police force

Question 9

Assemblies is when _____________________________________________________________, in particular to _________________ _________________ _________________ or _________________.

Answer 9

a group of people meets for a particular purpose, discuss political questions, issues

Question 10

In a petition, many people will _________________ _________________ ______ _________________ in support of their _________________ towards a _________________ _____________________________ ________________. The document is then handed over to a _________________ _________________ or _________________ who have the _________________ to ______________________________________________________________.

Answer 10

collectively sign a document, view, certain socio-political issue, government official, authorities, power, make changes regarding the issue

Question 11

The government occasionally _________________ _________________ regarding topics of _________________ _________________ and _________________ the _________________ _________________. Members of the public are then invited to _________________ _________________ _________________ on any portion of the _________________, whether in _________________ _________________ or through an _________________ _________________, for the _________________ _________________.
This socio-political activity is called ___________________ __________ _________________ _________________ _________________.

Answer 11

drafts documents, public interest, solicits, public’s view, submit their views, proposal, written form, online platform, government’s consideration
responding, public consultations

Question 12

Voting in elections/ standing for elections: _________________ _________________ in Hong Kong can _________________ _________________ _________________ to _________________ _________________ for the _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________, the _________________ _________________, and the _________________ _________________.
Those who meet the _________________ _________________ for the above groups may _________________ ____________ _________________ as a _________________.

Answer 12

Registered voters, cast their votes, elect members, Chief Executive Election Committee, Legislative Council, District Councils
eligibility requirements, run for elections, candidate

Question 13

Non-institutional socio-political activities are those that are initiated by the ___________________ and go through _________________________ _________________, and include _______________________, ___________________ and _________________ _________________.

Answer 13

public, non-formal channels, demonstrations, assemblies, signing petitions

Question 14

Institutionalised forms of socio-political participation are those that go through _______________ _________________ that are set out by the _________________. Examples include _________________ ________ _________________ _________________, _________________ ________ _________________ and _________________ ____________ _________________.

Answer 14

formal channels, government, responding to public consultations, voting in elections, standing for elections

Question 15

_________________ _________________ helps the government to make _________________ _________________ ________ _________________ through _________________ ______________ about the public’s views.

Answer 15

Public consultations, positive changes in society, collecting data

Question 16

Data is:

• ____________________________ used as a basis for __________________, ___________________, or __________________
• __________________ in ____________________________________.

Answer 16

factual information, reasoning, discussion, calculation

information in numerical form

Question 17

Data doesn’t exist simply when things happen; they only exist when _______________________________________________________________________________.

Answer 17

someone makes a record on things that happened is made

Question 18

What is primary data?

• primary data is
• it is the kind which

Answer 18

data collected for current needs

is created for the first time and there is no previous source available

Question 19

Secondary data is:
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Answer 19

already collected for another reason but is being repurposed to address the need at hand
readily available data like data from trade directories, statistics from websites etc

Question 20

The distinction between primary data and secondary data is often used in _________________ _________________.

Answer 20

research context

Question 21

Advantages of using primary data:

-you can collect

Answer 21

data for any question and record them in any specific format and level of detail you like

Question 22

Disadvantages of primary data:

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Answer 22

consumes more resources (eg time, manpower) in the process of data collection

Question 23

Advantages of secondary data:

-it

Answer 23

saves a lot of time and resources in data collection and processing

Question 24

Disadvantages of secondary data:

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• it may

Answer 24

question and the format of the answers have already been determined by someone else
not exactly fit your specific needs