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SECONDARY 6 VACANCIES
MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1991
STUDENTS WITH BASIC ADVANCED LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS MAY APPLY FOR SECONDARY 6 PLACES IN OTHER SCHOOLS BEFORE 5 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) WHEN THE NEW ADMISSION PROCEDURE WILL ENTER ITS FOURTH STAGE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THERE ARE STILL 88 VACANT SECONDARY 6 PLACES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 160 IN KOWLOON AND 146 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THESE COMPRISED 213 IN THE ARTS STREAM, 54 IN SCIENCE, AND TWO IN COMMERCE. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 125 HIGHER LEVEL VACANCIES.
THE TAKE-UP RATE SO FAR IS 98 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PLACES AVAILABLE.
OF 19,400
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 35.5 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OF 208.287 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 314.444 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 53.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND
MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS
CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON
EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON
EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING
EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
DATE
$ MILLION
10.8.91
800*
12.8.91
-210
+ 10
NEUTRAL
TRADE WEIGHTED INDEX 112.9 -0.1 12.8.91
* O/N ASST TO BE REVERSED -200MN
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