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Issue and Settlement Date: Tuesday, March 19, 1996
Amount on Offer
Maturity
Maturity Date
Interest Rate
Interest Payment Dates
Tender Amount
Other details
: $500 million plus an additional $100 million as reserve
stock for the Monetary Authority
: Five years
: March 19, 2001
: 6.75% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears
: Sept 19, 1996, Mar 19, 1997, Sept 19, 1997, Mar 19, 1998, Sept 21, 1998, Mar 19, 1999, Sept 20, 1999, Mar 20, 2000, Sept 19, 2000, Mar 19, 2001
Each tender must be for an amount of $50,000 or integral multiples thereof. Members of the public who wish to tender for the notes may approach market makers or recognised dealers on the published list
: Please see Information Memorandum published or
approach market makers or recognised dealers
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Water storage figure
Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 79 per cent of capacity or 462.771 million cubic metres.
This time last year the reservoirs contained 399.409 million cubic metres of water, representing 68.2 per cent of capacity.
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