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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1993

AIR MAIL TO INDIA SUSPENDED

THE

ALL AIR MAIL. SERVICES TO INDIA HAVE NOW BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF A STRIKE BY POSTAL EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTRY, POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR M PAGLIARI, ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE AFFECTED SERVICES

COVER AIR LETTERS, AIR PARCELS AND

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SPEEDPOST ITEMS,

MR PAGLIARI SAID: "A FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE WHEN THE SERVICES RESUME.

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318 VMS RETURN

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TWO GROUPS OF 318 VIETNAMESF MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER POR REFUGEES.

COMPRISING 141 MEN, 74 WOMEN, 44 BOYS AND 59 GIRLS, THEY WERE

THE 185TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME,

THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 10,888 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND 'TO 37,200 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

TENDER RESULTS

TENDER DATE

PAPER ON OFFER

ISSUE NUMBER

AMOUNT APPLIED

AMOUNT ALLOTTED

AVERAGE YIELD ACCEPTED

HIGHEST YIELD ACCEPTED

PRO RATA RATIO

AVERAGE TENDER YIELD

7 DEC 93

7 DEC 93

EF BILLS

Q349

HKD3,080 MN

EF BILLS

Q379

HKD1,820 MN

HKD400 MN

3.14 PCT

3.15 PCT

HKD1,000 MN

2.97 PCT

2.99 PCT

ABOUT 40 PCT

ABOUT 62 PCT

3.02 PCT

3.18 PCT

HONG KONG