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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 80.3 per cent of capacity or 470.854 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 417.951 million cubic metres of water, representing 71.3 per cent of capacity.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations

Cumulative

Time

change

$ million

(hours)

($million)

Opening balance in the account

1,787

0930

+219

Closing balance in the account

1,897

1000

+219

Change attributable to:

1100

+219

Money market activity

+180

1200

+222

LAF today

-70

1500

+222

1600

+180

LAF rate 4.25% bid/6.25% offer TWI 123.4 *+0.1* 15.1.96

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

EF bills

EF notes

Terms

Yield

Term

Issue

Coupon Price

Yield

1 week

5.48

2 years

2711 5.60

100.46

5.40

1 month

5.45

3 years

3810

6.15

101.63

5.58

3 months

5.41

5 years

5012

6.38

102.01

5.99

6 months

5.39

7 years

7211 6.82

103.66

6.25

12 months 5.35

5 years

M502 7.30

104.51

6.30

Total turnover of EF bills and notes - $22,097 million

Closed January 15, 1996

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