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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Tuesday) stood at 84.3 per cent of capacity or 494.275 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 422.899 million cubic metres of water, representing 72.2 per cent of capacity.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority tender results

Tender date

2 Jan 96

2 Jan 96

Paper on offer

EF bills

EF bills

Issue number

Q601

11655

Issue date

3 Jan 96

3 Jan 96

Maturity date

3 Apr 96

3 Jul 96

Coupon

Amount applied

11K$8,140 MN

HK$4,380 MN

Amount allotted

HK$1,500 MN

LIK$800 MN

Average yield accepted

5.51 PCT

5.50 PCT

Highest yield accepted

5.52 PCT

5.52 PCT

Pro rata ratio

About 22 PCT

About 2 PCT

Average tender yield

5.53 PCT

5.52 PCT