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HKEx Trading Will Resume After Lowering Of Typhoon Signal No. 8

Date 24/07/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced that trading in the securities and derivatives markets would resume at 10:30A.M., after lowering of Typhoon Signal no. 8 .

When the securities market resumes trading, there will be no pre-opening session. For those Futures Contracts to which the pre-opening session applies, the pre-opening session will commence 30 minutes before trading resumes.

For the details of arrangements for trading, and clearing and settlement during typhoons and black rainstorms, please refer to the rule books and summary table on HKEx's homepage at http://www.hkex.com.hk.