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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been releasing a monthly summary of its financial results in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard.
The Government will release its monthly financial results for the 2001-02 financial year in accordance with the following timetable:
Month Release Date
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April 2001 May 31, 2001
May 2001 June 30, 2001
June 2001 July 31, 2001
July 2001 August 31, 2001
August 2001 September 29, 2001
September 2001 October 31, 2001
October 2001 November 30, 2001
November 2001 December 31, 2001
December 2001 January 31, 2002
January 2002 February 28, 2002
February 2002 March 30, 2002
March 2002 April 30, 2002
(provisional)
The financial results will be issued to the media and published on the Treasury's website (http://www.info.gov.hk/tsy/).
End/Wednesday, January 31, 2001
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