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Tender Amount

Other details

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: Each tender must be for an amount of HK$50,000

or integral multiples thereof. Members of the public who wish to tender for the Notes may approach Market Makers or Recognised Dealers on the published list

: Please see Information Memorandum published or

approach Market Makers or Recognised Dealers

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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 a.m. today (Monday) stood at 78.7 per cent of capacity or 461.155 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 465.711 million cubic metres of water, representing 79.5 per cent of capacity.

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