CONFIDENTIAL

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40

12. ACCRUED INCOME, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PREPAYMENTS

The total was made up as follows:

1987

HK$'000s

HK$'000s HK$'000s

1986 HK$'000s

Accrued income:

Cash and call deposits

52,597

31,245

Repurchase agreements

1

Central bank facility (IBRD)

4,964

4,057

Negotiable certificates

of deposit

Fixed deposits

7,717

5,989

399,856

270,544

Foreign currency bonds

and notes

1,373,421

1,119,721

Gold deposits

264 1,838,819

191 1,431,748

Accounts receivable:

Note issue expenses

(reimbursement of police

escort charges)

40

16

Estimated scrap value

of unsold withdrawn coinage

271

155

Bond interest due but received

in the following year

1,545

2,555

Reimbursement due from

portfolio manager

7

Refund of withholding tax on

Japan Treasury Bills

91

Unrealized exchange gains on

forward foreign exchange

contracts

240,111

241,967

Prepayments:

Note issue expenses

(paper cost for HSBC's

1987 note order)

Computer maintenance

2,824

2,772

58

58

53

2,825

CONFIDENTIAL

2,080,844

1,437,397

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