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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1993

221 VM'S RETURN HOME TODAY

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A GROUP OF 221 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

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COMPRISING 75 MEN, 58 WOMEN, 39 BOYS AND 49 GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 168TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 6,839 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 33, 151 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989,

TENDER DATE

PAPER ON OFFER

ISSUE NUMBER

AMOUNT APPLIED

AMOUNT ALLOTTED

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND TENDER RESULTS

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5 OCTOBER 93

5 OCTOBER 93

EF BILLS

Q340

HKD4, 102 MN

EF BILLS

Y394

HKD2,020 MN

HKD300 MN

HKD1,000 MN

2.88 PCT

3.40 PCT

AVERAGE YIELD ACCEPTED

HIGHEST YIELD ACCEPTED

PRO RATA RATIO

2.90 PCT

AVERAGE TENDER YIELD

3.40 PCT

ABOUT 2 PCT

ABOUT 41 PCT

2.92 PCT

3.43 PCT

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

TENDERS TO BE HELD IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 11 OCTOBER 1993

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TENDER DATE

PAPER ON OFFER

ISSUE NUMBER

ISSUE DATE

12 OCTOBER 93

EF BILLS

Q341

12 OCTOBER 93

EF BILLS

H375

13 OCTOBER 93

13 OCTOBER 93

MATURITY DATE

12 JANUARY 94

13 APRIL 94

TENOR

AMOUNT ON OFFER

91 DAYS

HKD1,000 + 200 MN

182 DAYS

HKD400 + 80 MN

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