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CHINA SETS DEADLINE FOR HONG KONG TALKS

PEKING, WEDNESDAY - CHINA MILL ANNOUNCE ITS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR, CHIEF FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN QI HURIYUAN SAID TODAY.

ASKED AT A NEWS BRIEFING WHETHER PEKING WOULD EXTEND A REPORTED DEADLINE FOR THE CURRENT TALKS HITH BRITAIM ABOUT THE COLONY, I SAID CHINA'S POSITION HAD NOT CHANGED AT ALL.

''CHINA HILL ANNOUNCE ITS POLICIES AND GUIDELINES ON HONG KONG NO LATER THAN NEXT SEPTEMBER. WE HOPE THAT AN AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED HITH BRITAIN BEFORE THAT!'' HE SAID.

''IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED BY THEN, CHINA WILL ANNOUNCE ITS OWN POLICES AND GUIDELINES UNILATERALLY,'' HE ADDED.

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