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(i)

(ii)

Offices concerned

Travel Documents (Passport) Section Immigration - East Kowloon Office

(iii)

Immigration - West Kowloon Office

(iv)

Immigration - Sha Tin Office

(v)

Immigration - Tai Po Office

(vi)

Immigration - Fanling Office

(vii) Immigration - Tsuen Wan Office

(viii) Immigration - Tuen Mun Office

(ix) Immigration - Yuen Long Office

(x)

Hong Kong Island Re-entry Permit and Passport Issuing Office

The new arrangements will run for a two-month trial period and will be reviewed in late September.

"Applicants who have been notified to collect their BN(O) passports are reminded to pick up their passports at the specified office within two months from the date the passport is ready for collection. They may be required to collect their passports at another office if they do not do so within the specified period," a spokesman for the Immigration Department said.

For enquiry, members of the public may telephone 2824 6111 or by fax 2877 7711.

End/Wednesday, July 26, 1995

Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations

Cumulative

Time

$ million (hours)

change ($million)

Opening balance in the account

1,116

0930-

+1188

Closing balance in the account

2,240

1000

+1188

Change attributable to:

1100

+1190

Money market activity

+1,194

1200

+1192-

LAF today

-70

1500

+1197

1600

+1194

LAF rate 4.25% bid/6.25% offer TWI 119.2 *+0.2* 26.7.95