MR SMITH
Mr Chairperson, the victims cannot really say that they oppose the application.  They would just like the Committee to take into consideration, from a consultation especially with people whose relatives died in the incident, it's now a period of seven years have passed and this is just purely a personal opinion expressed to me, is that people want to have this matter brought to finality.  It's the reopening of old wounds since the incident and the people that I've consulted with in fact questioned me whether it is necessary for them to attend because it's a traumatic experience and they have to go through it again and I think that is just a factor that the commission must weigh also in considering the application for postponement, Mr Chairperson.