【明報文章】On September 20, 2023, the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK reported a significant decline in interest in politics among Hong Kong people. 62.9% of respondents reported that they were not very interested or not interested at all in politics, a decline of 7.4%. The survey also found 84.7% of respondents rarely or never used social media such as Facebook to discuss politics, an increase of 8.8% (an increase of 17.1% of those who say that they now never do). Citizens also rarely express their views to district councillors or Legco members (seldom and never 94.6% in 2022 and 92.9% in 2023). NGOs as a conduit to authority fared little better as did direct contact to officials. Only the elite, about 5%, contact our politicians or government officials directly to express their opinions, unchanged from 2022 to 2023.