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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1994

INTEREST

RATE

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES

TENDER

AMOUNT

: 6.15

PER

PER CENT ANNUALLY IN ARREARS

ANNUM PAYABLE SEMI-

: FEBRUARY 16, 1995, AUGUST 16, 1995 FEBRUARY 16, 1996, AUGUST 16, 1996

BE FOR

OF

: EACH TENDER MUST

AN AMOUNT HK$50,000 OR INTEGRAL MULTIPLES THEREOF. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO TEDNER FOR THE NOTES MAY APPROACH MARKET MAKERS OR RECOGNISED DEALERS ON THE PUBLISHED LIST

OTHER DETAILS

: PLEASE

SEE

INFORMATION

OR

MEMORANDUM PUBLISHED OR APPROACH MARKET MAKERS RECOGNISED DEALERS

A FURTHER $2M GRANTED FOR DISASTER RELIEF IN RWANDA

(MONDAY)

THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY RECOMMENDED THAT A GRANT OF $2 MILLION BE MADE FROM THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO RWANDAN CHILDREN.

"THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE IN RESPONSE ΤΟ AN APPLICATION FROM WORLD VISION HONG KONG, WHICH SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE RELIEF SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN IN RWANDA FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

"HAVING REGARD TO THE PLIGHT OF THESE CHILDREN, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICATION BE SUPPORTED. THE COMMITTEE HOPES THAT THE PROPOSED GRANT WILL STIMULATE A FURTHER RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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TO ENSURE THAT THE GRANT WILL BE USED FOR THE DESIGNATED PURPOSES, WORLD VISION HONG KONG WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AN EVALUATION REPORT AND AN AUDITED ACCOUNT ON THE USE OF THE GRANT.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GRANT WOULD BE PROCESSED IMMEDIATELY AND THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD TIME THAT GRANTS HAD BEEN MADE FROM THE FUND FOR THE RWANDAN CRISIS.

A GRANT OF $2 MILLION WAS MADE TO OXFAM HONG KONG IN JUNE AS A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE RELIEF PROGRAMME FOR RWANDAN REFUGEES IN TANZANIA.

TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE GRANTS TOTALLING $8 MILLION WERE MADE TO THREE RELIEF ORGANISATIONS, NAMELY HONG KONG RED CROSS, MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES HONG KONG AND HONG KONG COMMITTEE FOR UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND, IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RELIEF

FOR THE

PROGRAMMES

RWANDANS.

/THE SPOKESMAN