FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1992
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GOVT WELCOMES SELECTION OF AIRPORT SITE PREPARATION CONTRACTOR
COMMENTING ON THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY'S (PAA) SELECTION OF THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE SITE PREPARATION CONTRACT AT CHEK LAP KOK, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID:
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT HAS
"THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE PAA'S SELECTED THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE CHEK LAP KOK SITE PREPARATION CONTRACT.
"THE TENDER PRICE IS WITHIN THE PAA'S COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT AND THIS ILLUSTRATES THE COST EFFECTIVE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF THE WHOLE OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.
THE
THE SITE
"A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE HAS NOW BEEN REACHED IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPORT, AND THE GOVERNMENT WANTS PREPARATION CONTRACT ΤΟ PROCEED AS SOON AS THE PAA'S OVERALL FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE FIRMLY IN PLACE."
MONETARY STATISTICS FOR JUNE
PUBLISHED
HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS RECORDED STRONG INCREASE DURING JUNE, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH.
A
AND
WITH CONSISTENT
THIS, HONG KONG DOLLAR MONEY SUPPLY ON ALL DEFINITIONS ROSE DURING THE MONTH. HONG KONG
LOANS
ADVANCES ALSO INCREASED IN JUNE.
DOLLAR
DEPOSITS
HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS WITH
ADJUSTED TO INCREASES OF
AUTHORISED
IN JUNE FOLLOWING INCLUDE SWAP DEPOSITS, ROSE BY 2.1% 1.9% AND 3.7% IN APRIL AND MAY RESPECTIVELY.
INSTITUTIONS,
THE DEPOSITS
AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, DEMAND DEPOSITS GREW BY 8.7%, UNDER INFLUENCE OF A COUPLE OF SHARE FLOTATION EXERCISES. SAVINGS INCREASED BY 3.7% WHILE TIME DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 0.8%.
TOTAL
HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS
YEAR-ON-YEAR,
INCREASE OF 20.2%.
FOREIGN CURRENCY
REGISTERED AN
DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED
INSTITUTIONS
APRIL
INCREASED BY 0.4% IN JUNE, AFTER INCREASES OF 0.5% AND 1.6% IN AND MAY RESPECTIVELY.
OF THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 3.4% WHILE NON-U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS DECREASED BY 1.7%.
/YEAR-ON-YEAR