International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Wednesday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 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.

Release calendar

The release calendar of the Liquidity Template for 2008 is announced below:

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2008	29 February 2008
February 2008	31 March 2008
March 2008	30 April 2008
April 2008	30 May 2008
May 2008	30 June 2008
June 2008	31 July 2008
July 2008	29 August 2008
August 2008	30 September 2008
September 2008	31 October 2008
October 2008	28 November 2008
November 2008	31 December 2008
December 2008	30 January 2009

Annex

For further enquiries, please contact:
Peggy Lo, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687 or
Hing-fung Wong, Officer (Press), at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2007

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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 October 2007, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

8 October (Issued)	SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
15 October (Issued)	SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
31 October	Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
31 October	SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity