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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Tuesday) stood at 96.5 per cent of capacity or 565.716 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 580.630 million cubic metres of water, representing 99.1 per cent of capacity.

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Tender date

Hong Kong Monetary Authority tender results

22 Oct 96

22 Oct 96

Paper on offer

Issue number

EF bills

Q643

EF bills

H676

Issue date

23 Oct 96

23 Oct 96

Maturity date

22 Jan 97

23 Apr 97

Coupon

Amount applied

HK$5,720 MN

HK$3,270 MN

Amount allotted

HK$1,500 MN

HK$800 MN

Average yield accepted

4.98 PCT

5.06 PCT

Highest yield accepted

Pro rata ratio

4.98 PCT

5.07 PCT

About 52 PCT

About 41 PCT

Average tender yield

4.99 PCT

5.08 PCT