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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

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287 VIET REFUGEES LEFT HK LAST MONTH

A TOTAL OF 287 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEFT HONG KONG FOR RESETTELEMET OVERSEAS LAST MONTH (MARCH).

FOR

OF THOSE WHO LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT, 52 DEPARTED AUSTRALIA, 50 FOR CANADA, THREE FOR FRANCE, SIX FOR SWEDEN, 70 FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, 38 FOR USA AND ONE FOR HONG KONG.

MEANWHILE, A TOTAL OF 67 REFUGEES LEFT FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSIT CENTRE IN THE PHILIPPINES TO AWAIT RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.

0

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS

* * *

DATE

$ MILLION

CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON

EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON

31.3.92

700

1.4.92

-207

+207

NEUTRAL

TRADE WEIGHTED INDEX 112.7 +0.2* 1.4.92

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

EF BILLS

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BONDS

TERMS

YIELD

TERM

ISSUE

COUPON

PRICE

YIELD

1 WEEK

4.17 PCT

1 MONTH

4.04 PCT

23 MONTHS

20 MONTHS 2311

2402

6.25

101.15 5.57

5.50

99.33

5.96

3 MONTHS

4.04 PCT

6 MONTHS

4.32 PCT

12 MONTHS 4.63 PCT

TOTAL TURNOVER OF BILLS AND BONDS 8,331 MN

CLOSED 1 APRIL 1992