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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region releases a monthly summary of its financial results and debts in compliance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard.

The timetable for the release of the monthly data for the 2005-06 financial year is as follows:

Month Release Date

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April 2005 May 31, 2005

May 2005 June 30, 2005

June 2005 July 30, 2005

July 2005 August 31, 2005

August 2005 September 30, 2005

September 2005 October 31, 2005

October 2005 November 30, 2005

November 2005 December 31, 2005

December 2005 January 31, 2006

January 2006 February 28, 2006

February 2006 March 31, 2006

March 2006 (provisional) April 29, 2006

In addition to release to the media, the financial results and debts will be published on the Treasury's website (http://www.info.gov.hk/tsy/).

Ends/Monday, January 31, 2005

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