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5.

Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 78.4 per cent of capacity or 459.696 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 468.662 million cubic metres of water, representing 80 per cent of capacity.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority tender result

Tender date

Paper on offer

Issue number

Issue date

Maturity date

Coupon

Amount applied

Amount allotted

Average price accepted (yield)

Lowest price accepted (yield)

Pro rata ratio

Average tender price (yield)

: 27 January 1997

: EF notes

: 1701

: 28 January 1997

: 29 January 2007

: 6.89%

: HK$2,000 MN

: HK$500 MN

: 100.18 (6.98 PCT)

: 100.15 (6.99 PCT)

: About 36 PCT

: 100.02 (7.01 PCT)

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