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Blankets distributed to street-sleepers
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A total of 63 blankets was distributed to 50 street-sleepers 35 in New Territories East and 15 in New Territories West by Social Welfare Department staff last (Friday) night.
"It is a normal practice for the department to distribute blankets to street sleepers when the temperature drops to or near 10 degrees Celsius," a department spokesman said.
It was the third such exercise since this winter.
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations
Cumulative
Time
$ million
(hours)
change ($ million)
Opening balance in the account
2,344
09:30
-355
Closing balance in the account
1,664
10:00
-355
Change attributable to:
11:00
-355
Money market activity LAF today
-355
11:30
-355
-325
LAF rate 4.25% bid/6.25% offer TWI 123.8 *+0.0* 20.1.96
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