New HKMA Education Pack

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has recently issued an Education Pack containing a variety of publications on its work and policies.

The Education Pack contains:

• Hong Kong's Linked Exchange Rate System (the first of a new series of HKMA Background Briefs)
• Guide to Hong Kong Monetary and Banking Terms (a new, revised and expanded edition)
• Money in Hong Kong: A Brief Introduction (a version of the souvenir booklet produced for the HKMA's summer exhibition)
• A VCD containing a new information video on the HKMA and the video compilation "Evolution of Money" produced for the HKMA's summer exhibition
• An HKMA mouse pad

The full text of each of the three publications contained in the Pack is available on the HKMA Website (www.hkma.gov.hk) in PDF format. Interactive versions of the Guide to Hong Kong Monetary and Banking Terms and Money in Hong Kong are being developed and will be uploaded on the website in the coming few months.

The HKMA Education Pack is being distributed during the HKMA's annual education programme, which begins this month for secondary school economics students and their teachers. Under this programme, a series of seminars on the linked exchange rate system and the evolution of money in Hong Kong is being held during November and December 2000. The response to this year's programme has been very encouraging: over 4,000 teachers and students have enrolled to attend, which will make this the largest of the HKMA's annual education programmes, which were first introduced in 1998.

The HKMA Education Pack is available for purchase by the general public at $100 per pack, either through the Government Publications Centre or by cheque through the HKMA Resource Centre. Items in the pack may also be purchased separately (see the attached price list).

For further enquiries, please contact:

Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480 or
Caitlin Wong, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
20 November 2000

Price List for the HKMA Education Pack

Items                                                   Price (HK$)

1.  Guide to Hong Kong Monetary & Banking Terms         50.00

2.  Money in Hong Kong: A Brief Introduction            30.00

3.  HKMA Background Brief No. 1: 
    Hong Kong's Linked Exchange Rate System             20.00

4.  VCD on the HKMA                                     20.00

5.  Mouse pad and Folder                                Not available 
                                                        individually
                                                                
    Whole Pack                                          100.00