14-OCT-1993
17:00
HANSON GOVERNMENT HOUSE
852 801 7852
P.12
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BETTER TO TALK
15.
In the
run-up to the 1993 Policy Address, opinion
polls demonstrated
a strong community desire for the talks
to continue but increasing pessimism about their outcome:
PBR Poll, 9 September
(a)
per cent believed Hong Kong would be
adversely affected if the talks did not lead
to an agreement.
HKU Poll, 11 September
(b)
Only 37 per cent were
optimistic about the
talks. (32 per cent were pessimistic.)
PBR Poll, 19 September
(c) 60 per cent agreed that HKG should do nothing
yet to break off the talks. (27 per cent
disagreed).
(a)
However, 56 per cent believed China was using
the talks as a "stalling tactic".
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