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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.)