14-OCT-1993 17:00
HANSON GOVERNMENT HOUSE
952 801 7852 P.13
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THE CASE FOR DEADLINES
16.
At the
same time, opinion polls point
polls point to a
community awareness that talks cannot continue indefinitely:
HKU Poll, 28/29 September
(a) 49 per cent agreed that HKG should set a
(b)
deadline.
(30 per cent disagreed, compared
with 60 per cent in June who set no deadline
for the talks.)
55 per cent of those in favour of a deadline
would set it before the end of 1993.
PBR/ATV Poll, 6 October
(c) 52 per cent agreed that "we now have only
weeks rather than months to conclude the
talks". (35 per cent disagreed.)
PBR Poll, 7/8 October
(a) 57 per cent agreed that a deadline should be
set for the talks.
(36 per cent disagreed.)