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Tender forms and further particulars may be obtained from the office of Messrs Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners, 38th floor, Metroplaza, Tower 1, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Fong, New Territories.

The tender closing date is noon on December 30.

End/Friday, December 9, 1994

Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations

Cumulative

Time

change

$ million

(hours)

($million)

Opening balance in the account

1,782

0930

-376

Closing balance in the account

1,183

1000

-476

Change attributable to:

1100

-576

Money market activity

-474

1200

-470

LAF today

-125

1500

-469

1600

-474

LAF rate 3.75% bid/5.75% offer TWI 122.0 *+0.1* 9.12.94

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

EF notes/Hong Kong Government bonds

EF bills

Terms

Yield

Term

Issue

Coupon

Price

Yield

1 week

4.64

18 months

2605

6.35

99.11

7.13

1 month

5.09

24 months

2611

6.90

99.24

7.46

3 months

5.54

29 months

3704

6.15

97.07

7.65

6 months

6.07

35 months

3710

7.25

98.89

7.83

12 months

6.72

58 months

5909

7.45

97.33

8.29

Total turnover of bills and bonds 16,210 million

Closed December 9, 1994

End/Friday, December 9, 1994