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Fee for Crown rent account enquiry revised
The fee for enquiry of a Crown rent account maintained by the Treasury will be revised from $60 to $80 with effect from August 31, the Director of Accounting Services announced today (Tuesday).
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The revision is to recover the costs incurred in providing such service.
Water storage figure
Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Tuesday) stood at 96.2 per cent of capacity or 563.636 million cubic metres.
This time last year the reservoirs contained 541.699 million cubic metres of water, representing 92.4 per cent of capacity.
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority tender results
Tender date
27 Aug 1996
27 Aug 1996
Paper on offer
EF bills
EF bills
Issue number
Q635
H672
Issue date
28 Aug 1996
28 Aug 1996
Maturity date
27 Nov 1996
26 Feb 1997
Coupon
Amount applied
HK$4,680 MN
HK$3,640 MN
Amount allotted
HK$1,500 MN
HK$800 MN
Average yield accepted
5.14 PCT
5.30 PCT
Highest yield accepted
5.15 PCT
5.32 PCT
Pro rata ratio
About 39 PCT
About 9 PCT
Average tender yield
5.16 PCT
5.33 PCT