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SING TAO OPINION POLL RESULTS

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SING TAO, A MAINSTREAM CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, WILL TOMORROW PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THEIR LATEST OPINION POLL. THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Q1

DO YOU THINK THAT AN AGREEMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE FORTHCOMING

TALKS?

A 1 YES 55 PERCENT. NO 27 PERCENT.

Q2

IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED BY MID-JULY (END OF LEGCO YEAR), DO YOU AGREE THAT MR PATTEN'S PACKAGE SHOULD BE TABLED IN LEGCO?

A 2 YES 55 PERCENT. NO 36 PERCENT.

Q3 IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED, DO YOU AGREE THAT THE CHINESE SIDE SHOULD SET UP A SEPARATE STOVE?

A3

YES 31 PERCENT. NO 59 PERCENT.

Q4

IF AN AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED, DO YOU AGREE WITH THE SETTING UP OF A SEPARATE STOVE?

A 4 YES 37 PERCENT. NO 53 PERCENT.

Q5 IF AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED, DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR LEGCO TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE RESULT OF THE TALKS?

A5

YES 70 PERCENT. NO 24 PERCENT.

Q6

DO YOU AGREE THAT ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO LEGCO IN 1995 SHOULD RETAIN THEIR SEATS UNTIL 1999 I.E. RIDE THE THROUGH TRAIN?

A6 YES 73 PERCENT. NO 19 PERCENT.

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