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Outside In by David Dodwell

Trust levels are plummeting across the pandemic-ravaged world. But what about in Hong Kong?

Edelman’s 2021 Trust Barometer shows that people’s trust in governments, NGOs and the media has plunged, with divergence growing between the elite and the rest

For Hong Kong, there is no question trust has fallen, but what else will a ‘special briefing’, in March, reveal?

David Dodwell

Published: 5:30am, 30 Jan, 2021

Updated: 5:49am, 30 Jan, 2021

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David Dodwell is the executive director of the Hong Kong-APEC Trade Policy Study Group, a trade policy think tank.

Trust levels are plummeting across the pandemic-ravaged world. But what about in Hong Kong?

Edelman’s 2021 Trust Barometer shows that people’s trust in governments, NGOs and the media has plunged, with divergence growing between the elite and the rest For Hong Kong, there is no question trust has fallen, but what else will a ‘special briefing’, in March, reveal?

Edelman’s 2021 Trust Barometer shows that people’s trust in governments, NGOs and the media has plunged, with divergence growing between the elite and the rest

For Hong Kong, there is no question trust has fallen, but what else will a ‘special briefing’, in March, reveal?