OFFBEAT READER SURVEY Tell us what you think! It's time to make YOUR newspaper, OFFBEAT, bigger and better than ever with more of what members of the Force would like to see. To do so, please help by filling out the questionnaire below and getting it back to us by July 2. You can send it in to the OffBeat Editor or fax it in to us on 2866-4161. You can write your views on a separate piece of paper if you wish. Your returned form will be locked away and kept strictly confidential. Questionnaires returned anonymously will NOT be considered. Please circle the answers you pick and write your views on the space provided. 1. Are you happy with the variety of stories covered in OffBeat? a) Yes b) No Reason(s)_________________________________________________ 2. What issues would you like to see covered more in OffBeat? a) General news b) Sports c) Entertainment d) Features e) Force announcements and advisories f) Others__________________________________________________ 3. What aspects of general news would you like to see more of? a) Police policy b) Upbeat and human interest stories c) Information technology d) General Force updates (new equipment, promotions, happenings, etc.) e) News-in-brief (weddings, births, up-coming events, bulletins, and other general "people" stories)? f) Others __________________________________________________ 4. Are you happy with the general layout/appearance of OffBeat? a) Yes b) No Reason(s) _________________________________________________ 5. What would you like to see more of? a) Colour b) Pictures c) Longer, analytical stories d) Shorter, snappy articles e) Others __________________________________________________ 6. Would you like to see more departments? Such as: a) Food, car, holiday or entertainment news and reviews b) Question/answer columns by senior officers and other Force members such as clinical psychologists? c) Tips on driving, general policing, sports or other hobbies from pros within the Police? d) Upbeat departments such as Crazy Captions, funny photos and odd/witty stories and happenings? e) Others _________________________________________________ 7. Are you happy with the equal coverage in both Chinese and English: a) Yes b) No Reason(s)_________________________________________________ 8. Which do you feel deserves extended coverage? a) Chinese b) English Reason(s) ________________________________________________ 9. Do you feel the Chinese and English sections should remain separate or be merged so the entire publication can be bilingual from cover to cover? a) Remain separate b) Merge together c) Other suggestions ________________________________________________________ 10. Any other comments you wish to make about OffBeat and how it can be more readable for you and other Force staff? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________________________________ Rank/Post: _______________________________________________ Daytime Contact No.:_______________________________________ Compilation of mailing list In recent years, some subscribers of OffBeat may have moved or migrated without notifying us. It's time for us to do archive cleaning to update our mailing list. All existing subscribers are required to fill out the form below and send or fax it to us by July 2. Those who do not do so will be deleted from the mailing list. Name : ___________________________________________________ UI No. : __________________________________________________ Last Posting : ______________________________________________ Contact Phone Number : _____________________________________ Address : _________________________________________________ Subscription Reference No.: ___________________________________