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Flushing water cut in Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok

The flushing water supply to some premises in Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok will be temporarily suspended from 11 pm on Monday (August 12) to 7 am the following day for connection work on watermains.

The suspension will affect the area bounded by Boundary Street, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Tonkin Street, Po On Road, Camp Street, Shun Ning Road, Kiu Kiang Street, Castle Peak Road and Tai Po Road; as well as the area bounded by Boundary Street, Portland Street, Lai Chi Kok Road, Nathan Road, Mong Kok Road, Tong Mei Road, Cherry Street and the sea front.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations

Cumulative

Time

$ million (hours)

change ($million)

Opening balance in the account

1,956

09:30

NIL

Closing balance in the account

1,619

10:00

NIL

Change attributable to:

11:00

NIL

Money market activity LAF today

NIL

11:30

NIL

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LAF rate 4.00% bid/6.00% offer TWI 123.8 *+0.0* 10.8.96

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