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The old kennel, located near Tung Tau Correctional Institution, has been pulled down to make way for the redevelopment of the institution.

Established in 1989, the CSD Dog Unit now has a total of 40 dogs.

The Department's second dog unit, with 12 canines, is stationed at Ma Po Ping Prison on Lantau Island.

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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 91.5 per cent of capacity or 536.230 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 555.211 million cubic metres of water, representing 94.7 per cent of capacity.

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Smooth implementation of Real Time Gross Settlement system

The Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system was launched smoothly today (Monday, December 9) after three years of preparation.

A total of 11,712 CHATS (Clearing House Automatic Transfer System) payment transactions, involving $319 billion, were completed during the day.

Nearly 300 debt securities transactions (involving $12.3 billion) were also processed and successfully completed by the Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and, for the first time, making use of the DvP (Delivery versus Payment) arrangement.