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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 31 AUGUST 2014 6 News University-educated reject 'Dubai model' 75% of university-educated respondents think that Malta should not emulate Dubai development model Perceptions of Dubai University-educated All Luxury 21.8 21.3 Wealth 21.8 24.8 Artificiality 12.5 3.5 Tall Buildings 6.3 3.1 Land reclamation 3.1 3.1 Business 3.1 2.2 Shopping 0 4.4 Beauty 0 6.2 Modern 0 2.2 Desert 3.1 1.3 How do you view the agreement through which a company owned by the Chinese government will buy a 33% stake in Enemalta and shoulder part of the corporation's debt? By education University Post Secondary Secondary Primary Total Positive 34.3 68.3 70.9 64.8 60.1 Negative 43.8 20.6 19.4 14.8 25.6 Don't know 21.9 11.1 9.7 20.4 14.3 Perceptions of China University-educated All Communism 20.1 13.7 Progress 5.4 10.6 Chinese food 3.1 9.3 Overpopulation 3.1 7.6 Trade 12.3 6.2 Economic power 10.8 5.4 Cheap labour 10.8 4.4 Cheap products 8.3 4.4 Child labour 0 2.2 Human rights 3.1 1.3 Tiananmen 6.2 1.3 With regard to development should Malta become more like Dubai? By education University Post Secondary Secondary Primary Total Yes 21.9 23.4 42.7 37.7 36.9 No 75 54.7 33 35.8 42.2 Depends 0 1.6 4.9 3.8 4 Don't Know 3.1 20.3 19.4 22.7 16.9 THREE quarters of university- educated respondents disagree with the idea that Malta should emulate Dubai's development model. Overall the survey shows 37% in favour and 44% opposed to emulat- ing Dubai in development policies. It was Prime Minister Joseph Mus- cat who in June proposed Malta as "the next Singapore or Dubai". Du- bai has also been invoked as a model to be emulated by lobbies favour- ing luxury development, high-rise buildings and land reclamation and as a model to be rejected by envi- ronmentalists. The survey reveals an educational divide between those with a higher education who largely oppose emu- lating the rich emirate and those with a secondary or primary edu- cation who tend to see Dubai as a model. The Dubai model is rejected by the university-educated (75%) and by a lower margin by those with a post secondary-education (55%). But the model is favoured by a relative majority of secondary (43%) and primary-educated (38%) re- spondents. The survey also shows that over 55-year-olds are more likely to fa- vour emulating the Dubai model while those aged between 35 and 54 are the most opposed. The survey also shows that the university educated are more likely to associate Dubai with artificiality (12.5%) than the general population (3.5%). On the other hand while 6% of the population associates Dubai with beauty none of the university educated respondents made this association. This suggests different aesthetic sensibilities between re- spondents of different educational levels. The survey also shows that univer- sity-educated respondents are the only group to view Chinese invest- ment in Enemalta negatively. Agreement with Chinese invest- ment is highest among those with a post-secondary and secondary level of education. Agreement with Chinese invest- ment is lowest among those under 34 years of age, but this segment also includes the highest segment of undecided. University educated respondents are more likely to associate China with communism, economic power, human rights violations and cheap labour and products. YOUR FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY www.maltatoday.com.mt