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257 VMS RETURNED

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1992

A GROUP OF 257 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

COMPRISING 98 MEN, 58 WOMEN, 53 BOYS AND 48 THE 107TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

то

GIRLS, THEY WERE

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 4.940

TO 18,919 THE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

OF 154

THOSE 60% OR THAT NOTED SPOKESMAN A GOVERNMENT

IT IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST REPATRIATED TODAY, HAD BEEN SCREENED OUT.

THE FLIGHT. REPATRIATION

USUAL PROPORTION TO RETURN ON A VOLUNTARY PROPORTION IS ONLY 5 TO 25 PER CENT.

"THIS LOOKS TO BE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE MAY 12 AGREEMENT,"

HE

SAID.

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 70.6% OF CAPACITY OR 414.034 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

CONTAINED 156.078 MILLION

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 26.6% OF CAPACITY.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

TENDER RESULTS

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TENDER DATE

PAPER ON OFFER

ISSUE NUMBER

AMOUNT APPLIED

AMOUNT ALLOTTED

AVERAGE YIELD ACCEPTED

HIGHEST YIELD ACCEPTED

PRO RATA RATIO

AVERAGE TENDER YIELD

16 JUNE 92

EF BILLS

Q225

HKD 2,435 MN

HKD 500 MN

16 JUNE 92

EF BILLS

7291

HKD 1,130 MN

HKD 200 MN

3.99 PCT

4.00 PCT

2.90 PCT

2.91 PCT

80 PCT

2.95 PCT

4.04 PCT

ABOUT 20 PCT

HONG KONG