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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1992

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LUNAR NEW YEAR FLIGHT SITUATION AT KAI TAK EXPLAINED

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CREATED BY A NO-WIN SITUATION HAS BEEN

AIRLINES AND TRAVEL FLIGHTS BEFORE THEY HAD AGENTS BY SELLING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR EXTRA

AT ΚΑΙ ASCERTAINED THAT THE PARKING AND TRAFFIC SLOTS WERE AVAILABLE TAK AT THE TIMES THEY REQUIRED,

AND ABOVE THE SLOTS ALREADY THE SCHEDULED BY OCCUPIED

WHICH MUST TAKE SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

OVER FLIGHTS

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PRIORITY,

THE SPOKESMAN OTHER TIMES, AT IN TIME OF THE

SAID WHEN PERFORCE THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESULTANT CHANGES.

THEY WERE OFFERED SLOTS

ALL NOTIFY

THEIR CUSTOMERS

THE CIVIL

AVIATION

DEPARTMENT

THE WITH IN CONSULTATION

STONES UNTURNED AIRLINE SCHEDULING CO-ORDINATOR NEVERTHELESS LEFT NO

ΤΟ FIND SOLUTIONS

THE FAIT THROUGHOUT THE PAST WEEK TO

ACCOMPLI,

WITHIN THE LIMIT OF THE STANDARDS OF SAFETY.

HOWEVER, RESOURCES ARE NOT UNLIMITED AT

THESE EXTRA THE TIMES

TAK KAI

AND DESPITE FLIGHTS COULD NOT BE

BY REQUIRED

THE AIRLINES

THESE EFFORTS A SMALL NUMBER OF ACCOMMODATED ON FEBRUARY 4 AT CONCERNED.

WOULD EVERY EFFORT

BE MADE ΤΟ CONTAIN THE PROBLEMS THUS AFFECTED TRAVELLERS,

CAUSED AND TO MINIMISE THE INCONVENIENCE TO THE THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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MONETARY STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 1991

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HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS WITH ALL AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED DURING DECEMBER LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH,

THE STATISTICS ALSO SHOW THAT FOR THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR, KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS GREW BY 16.2%, BROADLY IN LINE WITH THE GROWTH RATE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN MONEY TERMS.

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CONSISTENT WITH THE INCREASE IN DEPOSITS IN DECEMBER, HONG KONG DOLLAR MONEY SUPPLY ON ALL DEFINITIONS ROSE DURING THE KONG DOLLAR LOANS AND ADVANCES ALSO SHOWED AN INCREASE.

MONTH.

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