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Funding Options

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11.

There are two funding options: bank landing and the

issuance of debt securities :

(a) Bank Loan

The

consultant

advised that

bank

loans

available for the Scheme would be limited due

to the competing demands from other sectors,

most notably the infrastructure projects

scheduled for completion around 1997. It is

also difficult to secure fixed interest rate

bank loans for the required period because

are cautious about the possible

banks

fluctuation of interest rates.

dominant banks in the retail

Although the

deposit market

could probably afford to lend at fixed rates

for

slightly longer periods, it is difficult to

estimate how much could be available from them.

(b) Fixed Rate Securities

The Consultant

recommended the issue of fixed

rate

securities for

raising funds for the

Scheme; zero coupons

should be issued because

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