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Spinning another Survey
Today, 17th Dec 2007 - Another Survey Spin: No Street Protests
A large majority of Malaysians are against street protests and have backed the
governments decision to use the laws to stop anyone from threatening racial
peace and harmony.
This was revealed in a survey conducted recently by the Merdeka Centre between
Dec 17 and 21. (refer to printed notes)
Eight hundred and sixty one respondents from throughout the country, who were
randomly selected along the lines of state of residence, ethnicity, gender and
age (21 and above) were interviewed over the telephone for the survey.
Fifty-six percent of the respondents felt that street demonstrations or illegal
public gatherings would likely turn violent but 27% disagreed.
On the question of who or what was likely to be the main cause for some
demonstrations to turn violent:
32% said violence was caused by unruly demonstrators, 29% believed instigators
or provocateurs in the crowd were to blame, and 20% cited the actions of the
police as being the likely cause of violence.
When the respondents were asked if they were aware of the two illegal
demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur:
54% said they were aware of Bersihs protest on Nov 10, while
- 77% were aware of the illegal Hindraf gathering on Nov 25.
So, 46% of respondent wasn't even aware of Bersih's rally, and 23% wasn't aware
of Hindraf gathering,
The surveyor did not asked them whether how many per cent of them had join the
rally & gathering.
Are they interviewing the wrong people, or just picking up some children
anywhere to conduct such a survey?
Have you ever wondered that the few surveys conducted, if ever they are
submitted for as a thesis or dissertation for an academic qualification, do you
think the size of the sample can qualify to be representative of the
population? I am an academician, and my answer is: Rejected sample size; not
reflective; and questions scewed right.
Howsy highlight to me the dates... I wonder? Puzzled? see below.
The StarOnline version quickly removed the dates...
Original printed news and Online script:
No to street protests
PETALING JAYA: A large majority of Malaysians are against street protests and
have backed the governments decision to use the laws to stop anyone from
threatening racial peace and harmony. This was revealed in a survey conducted
by the Merdeka Centre between Dec 17 and 21.
Amended now:
No to street protests
PETALING JAYA: A large majority of Malaysians are against street protests and
have backed the governments decision to use the laws to stop anyone from
threatening racial peace and harmony.
This was revealed in a survey conducted recently by the Merdeka Centre.
But, they can't do anything with the hardcopies distributed and scanned!
HARI SABTU PAKAI KUNING! / WEAR YELLOW ON SATURDAYS!
Lawati laman 10November di http://10nov.himpunan.info/
Lawati laman Bersih di http://bersih.org/
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