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"Most customers of paging service will benefit from this reduction of fee," a spokesman for the Office of the Telecommunications Authority said.

"Operators will not be allowed to collect a licence fee higher than that specified in the law. Where the licence fees are absorbed by some operators, we will encourage them to pass the benefit back to the customers."

End/Thursday, May 11, 1995

Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations

Cumulative

Time

change

$ million (hours)

($million)

Opening balance in the account

2,404

0930

+109

Closing balance in the account

2,506

1000

+109

Change attributable to:

1100

+129

Money market activity

+132

1200

+-129

LAF today

-30

1500

+132

1600

+132

LAF rate 4.25% bid/6.25% offer TWI 118.2 *+0.2* 11.5.95

EF bills

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

EF notes/Hong Kong Government bonds

Terms

Yield

Term

Issue Coupon

Price

Yield

1 week

5.59

19 months

6.90 2611

101.19

6.16

1 month

5.59

22 months

2702

7.50

102.21

6.26

3 months

5.68

30 months

3710

7.25

101.87

6.52

6 months

5.78

36 months

3804

6.90

100.82

6.70

12 months

5.91

59 months

5003

7.75

102.74

7.20

Total turnover of bills and bonds - $19,515 million

Closed May 11, 1995

End/Thursday, May 11, 1995

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