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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1994

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302 VIETNAMESE RETURN HOME

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A GROUP OF 302 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (FRIDAY) RETURNED VIETNAM UNDER A VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.

COMPRISING 114 MEN, 76 WOMEN, 55 BOYS AND 57 GIRLS, THEY THE 204TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

WERE

THIS GROUP

BROUGHT TO 2,913 THE TOTAL

VIETNAMESE

MIGRANTS

41,526 THE HAD RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO WHO TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

NUMBER OF

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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS

$ MILLION

OPENING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT

REVERSAL OF LAF

BALANCE AFTER REVERSAL OF LAF

NET INJECTION/WITHDRAWAL TODAY

EFFECT OF LAF TODAY

2,527

+473

3,000

NIL

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CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT

2,970

LAF RATE 2.00 BID/4.00 OFFER

TWI 125.8

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25.2.94

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

EF NOTES/HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BONDS

EF BILLS

TERMS

YIELD

TERM

ISSUE COUPON PRICE

YIELD

1 WEEK

3.32

18 MONTHS

2508

4.625

100.28

4.48

1 MONTH

3.36

21 MONTHS

2511

4.15

99.22

4.67

3 MONTHS

3.55

24 MONTHS

2602

4.40

99.29

4.84

6 MONTHS

3.70

32 MONTHS

3610

4.20

97.75

5.18

12 MONTHS

4.15

35 MONTHS

3701

4.60

98.35

5.28

TOTAL TURNOVER OF BILLS AND BONDS 23,957 MN

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CLOSED 25 FEBRUARY 1994