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MONDAY, MAY 4, 1992

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SALT WATER SUPPLY TO GO OFF IN KOWLOON EAST

SALT WATER SUPPLY TO KOWLOON

EAST WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 9.30 AM TO 4 PM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 6) TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE WORK ON WATER MAINS.

THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT ALL PREMISES IN SAN PO KONG, NGAU

PING CHI WAN, CHOI HUNG ESTATE, CHOI WAN ESTATE,

SHEK ESTATE, SHUN LEE LEE ESTATE, SHUN TIN ESTATE, SHUN ON ESTATE, SHUN CHI COURT, SHUN

KOWLOON BAY, TSUEN THA, NGAU TAU KOK, LOK WAH ESTATE, JORDAN VALLEY, KWUN TONG, LAM TIN, SAU MAU PING AND CHA KWO LING.

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 47.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 279.443 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 143.918 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 24.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO CONSERVE WATER AND AVOID WASTAGE.

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

TRADE WEIGHTED INDEX 112.6 *+0.1 4.5.92

DATE

$ MILLION

2.5.92

988

4.5.92

+241

-241

NEUTRAL

HONG KONG