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Poll talks fail to make progress

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SINO-BRITISH negotiators yesterday concluded the eleventh round of talks on the 1994/95 electoral arrangements with the two sides apparently making no progress.

A new round of negotiations - the last before the Chinese Foreign Minister, Qian Qichen, and the British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, meet in New York - will be held on September 26 and 27.

The ministerial meeting is now tentatively set for October 1, China's National Day.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin said yesterday that the final date for the two foreign ministers' meeting would be announced in due course.

He said he hoped the meeting would give an impetus to the talks on the electoral package and improve Sino-British relations.

The big gap between yesterday's meeting and the next round of talks is because China's chief negotiator, Jiang Enzhu, will accompany Chinese Vice-President Rong Yiren on a trip to southern Europe from September 16 to 22.

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