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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1992

260 RETURN TO VIETNAM

A GROUP OF 260 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

COMPRISING 108 MEN, 61 WOMEN, 43 BOYS AND

THE 140TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

48 GIRLS, THEY WERE

THE GROUP BRINGS TO 12,332 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND ΤΟ 26,312 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

TENDER RESULTS

*

TENDER DATE

PAPER ON OFFER

29 DECEMBER 1992

29 DECEMBER 1992

EF BILLS

EF BILLS

ISSUE NUMBER

Q253

Y 298

AMOUNT APPLIED

HKD 1,750MN

HKD 850MN

AMOUNT ALLOTTED

HKD 800MN

HKD 200MN

AVERAGE YIELD ACCEPTED

4.05 PCT

4.80 PCT

HIGHEST YIELD ACCEPTED

4.07 PCT

4.80 PCT

PRO RATA RATIO

ABOUT 4 POT

ABOUT 68 PCT

AVERAGE TENDER YIELD

4.08 PCT

4.91 PCT

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

TENDERS TO BE HELD IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 4 JANUARY 1993-

TENDER DATE

PAPER ON OFFER

ISSUE NUMBER

ISSUE DATE

MATURITY DATE

TENOR

AMOUNT ON OFFER

5 JANUARY 1993

EF BILLS

Q301

6 JANUARY 1993

7 APRIL 1993

91 DAYS

HKD 800+160MN

5 JANUARY 1993

EF BILLS

H355

6 JANUARY 1993

7 JULY 1993

182 DAYS

HKD 300+60MN

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