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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1993

ENTRANTS FOR CULTURAL COMPETITIONS PRAISED

PARTICIPANTS IN THE HONG KONG YOUTH CULTURAL AND ART'S COMPETITIONS WERE PRAISED TODAY (SATURDAY) FOR MAKING GOOD USE OF THEIR TIME TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL AND INTERESTS.

SPEAKING AT A PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE COMPETITION, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MISS CHRISTINE CHIOW, SAID THE EXPERIENCE WOULD HELP THEIR CAREER DEVELOPMENTS.

SHE SAID ORGANISERS HAD BEEN INTRODUCING NEW CONTEST AREAS WHICH WERE IN LINE WITH THE PRESENT NEEDS OF SOCIETY.

SHE NOTED THAT APART FROM THE TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS OF CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTING, CHESS AND WRITING, YOUNGSTERS WERE ABLE TO TEST THEIR SKILLS IN TRANSLATION AND SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION.

"THIS HAS APPEALED TO THE NEED OF BILINGUALISM OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY, SHE SAID.

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THE COMPETITIONS HAVE BEEN HELD FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS. THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS REACHED A RECORD THIS YEAR WITH MORE THAN 9, 000 PEOPLE.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS

OPENING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT

REVERSAL OF LAF

BALANCE AFTER REVERSAL OF LAF

NET INJECTION/WITHDRAWAL TODAY

EFFECT OF LAF TODAY

CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT

LAF RATE 2.00 BID/4.00 OFFER

$ MILLION

1,900

+50

1,950

NIL

-940

1,010

TWI 112.0 *+0.0*

11.9.93

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