concerns, frustrations and hopes with her via survey cards.

Premier Gordon called the survey a private way for voters to be heard.

"Each person can place their feedback on the card and it comes back to me. I will then read it and collect all similar concerns and issues. These will be entered on a computer which will give me a feel for what the country is feeling.

"It allows me to get my finger on the pulse of the community. In fact it is just another way of communicating.'' Ms Gordon said she had received some responses from the public through the mail while others have come to the Cabinet office and dropped them off.

"Once I read them I pass them on to the Minister responsible if I find that there are many concerns directed in a particular area.

"That Minister will have to act on it because he knows that I have seen it,'' she added.

In the letter, Ms Gordon thanked the Bermudian public for their congratulations and pledged to work hard to honour their trust.

"Among the many characteristics that make Bermuda so special is the fact that ours is a very direct kind of democracy. Bermudians rightly expect that their Parliamentarians are personally available to them.

"Unlike most other countries around the world, Bermudians have ready access to their leaders. I intend to honour this great tradition of openness.'' Ms Gordon asked voters to write and share their suggestions, frustrations and hopes through the cards, which should be sent to her personal post office box.

The response card asks voters what their major concerns are, what they believe the priorities of Government should be and asks them to share their hopes for the future.

Ms Gordon also asked each voter what the biggest obstacles to their success were and to suggest things that would help her to lead Bermuda into the 21st century.