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SECONDARY 6 VACANCIES

MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1991

STUDENTS WITH BASIC ADVANCED LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS MAY APPLY FOR SECONDARY 6 PLACES IN OTHER SCHOOLS BEFORE 5 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) WHEN THE NEW ADMISSION PROCEDURE WILL ENTER ITS FOURTH STAGE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THERE ARE STILL 88 VACANT SECONDARY 6 PLACES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 160 IN KOWLOON AND 146 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE COMPRISED 213 IN THE ARTS STREAM, 54 IN SCIENCE, AND TWO IN COMMERCE. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 125 HIGHER LEVEL VACANCIES.

THE TAKE-UP RATE SO FAR IS 98 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PLACES AVAILABLE.

OF 19,400

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 35.5 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OF 208.287 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 314.444 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 53.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS

CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON

EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON

DATE

$ MILLION

10.8.91

800*

12.8.91

-210

+ 10

NEUTRAL

TRADE WEIGHTED INDEX 112.9 -0.1 12.8.91

* O/N ASST TO BE REVERSED -200MN

OTHER FORWARDS

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