*****************************************************
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (June 29) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of May 2007 (Annex). These data are published monthly in the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Sara Yip, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Hing-fung Wong, Officer (Press), at 2878 1802
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
29 June 2007
****************************************************************
At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund's data are issued by the HKMA each month. Three of these releases are issued to disseminate monetary data in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). The fourth press release, on the Exchange Fund's Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account, is made in accordance with the HKMA's policy of maintaining a high level of transparency. For the month of June 2007, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
June 7 SDDS International Reserves
(Issued) (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency
Reserve Assets Figures)
June 14 SDDS Analytical Accounts of
(Issued) the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
June 29 Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and
Currency Board Account
June 29 SDDS Template on International Reserves
and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Ends/Friday, June 29, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:16
NNNN
