Tentative issuance schedule for Exchange Fund Bills and Notes

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued today (Tuesday) a tentative issuance schedule for Exchange Fund Bills and Notes (EFBN) for the coming quarter of July to September 2001. The schedule contains information on the tentative tender date, tender size and issue date of individual issues.

The quarterly schedule, first issued in November 2000, is issued in the second month of each quarter (i.e. February, May, August and November), covering the EFBN tenders in the following quarter.

It should be noted that the tender dates, tender sizes and issue dates projected in the advance issuance schedule are tentative. As before, the details of new issues are to be confirmed and announced one week prior to the respective tender dates. The HKMA may make changes in the light of prevailing market conditions.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Jasmin Fung, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

15 May 2001