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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Tuesday) stood at 78.4 per cent of capacity or 459.352 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 465.526 million cubic metres of water, representing 79.4 per cent of capacity.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority tender results

Tender date

:

1 April 1997

Paper on offer

:

EF Bills

Issue number

:

Q714

Issue date

:

2 April 1997

Maturity date

:

3 July 1997

Amount applied

:

HK$4,250 MN

Amount allotted

:

HK$2,000 MN

Average yield accepted

:

5.28 PCT

Highest yield accepted

5.30 PCT

Pro rata ratio

:

About 46 PCT

Average tender yield

5.32 PCT