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- 25 -- 10 -11 %u5916%u532f%u57fa%u91d1%u5b58%u6b3e 11 PLACEMENTS WITH THE EXCHANGE FUND2024 2023%u767e%u842c%u5143(%u6e2f%u5e63)HK$M%u767e%u842c%u5143(%u6e2f%u5e63)HK$M%u6d41%u52d5 Current 2,450 -%u975e%u6d41%u52d5 Non-current 37,833 38,84640,283 38,846%u5916%u532f%u57fa%u91d1%u5b58%u6b3e%u7d50%u9918%u70ba 402.83 %u5104%u6e2f%u5143 (202 3 %uff1a388.46 %u5104%u6e2f%u5143)%uff0c%u5176%u4e2d 220 %u5104%u6e2f%u5143 (2023%uff1a220 %u5104%u6e2f%u5143)%u70ba%u672c%u91d1%u7e3d%u984d%uff0c182.83 %u5104%u6e2f%u5143 (2023%uff1a168.46 %u5104%u6e2f%u5143) %u70ba%u5728%u5831%u544a%u65e5%u671f%u5df2%u5165%u5e33%u4f46%u5c1a%u672a%u63d0%u53d6%u7684%u5229%u606f%u3002%u8a72%u7b49%u5b58%u6b3e%u7684%u5e74%u671f%u7531%u6bcf%u7b46%u5b58%u6b3e%u5404%u81ea%u7684%u5b58%u653e%u65e5%u671f%u8d77%u8a08%uff0c%u70ba%u671f 6 %u5e74%u3002%u5728%u5b58%u653e%u671f%u9593%uff0c%u623f%u59d4%u6703%u4e0d%u53ef%u8981%u6c42%u63d0%u65e9%u511f%u9084%u672c%u91d1%u3002%u5916%u532f%u57fa%u91d1%u5b58%u6b3e%u5229%u606f%u65bc%u6bcf%u5e74 1 %u6708%u91d0%u5b9a%u3002%u8a72%u606f%u7387%u662f%u5916%u532f%u57fa%u91d1%u6295%u8cc7%u7d44%u5408%u904e%u53bb 6 %u5e74%u7684%u5e73%u5747%u5e74%u5ea6%u6295%u8cc7%u56de%u5831%uff0c%u6216 3 %u5e74%u671f%u653f%u5e9c%u50b5%u5238%u5728%u4e0a%u4e00%u500b%u5e74%u5ea6%u7684%u5e73%u5747%u5e74%u5ea6%u6536%u76ca(%u4e0b%u9650%u70ba 0%)%uff0c%u5169%u8005%u53d6%u5176%u8f03%u9ad8%u8005%u30022024 %u5e74%u53ca 2023 %u5e74%u56fa%u5b9a%u606f%u7387%u5747%u70ba%u6bcf%u5e743.7%%u3002The balance of the placements with the Exchange Fund amounted to HK$40,283 million (2023: HK$38,846 million), being the total principal sums of HK$22,000 million (2023: HK$22,000 million) plus HK$18,283 million (2023: HK$16,846 million) interest credited but not yet withdrawn at the reporting date. The term of the placements is for a period of six years from the respective dates of placements. The Authority shall not demand repayment of the principal sums during the period of placements.Interest on the placements is determined in January each year. The rate is the average annual investment return of the Exchange Fund%u2019s Investment Portfolio for the past six years or the average annual yield of three-year Government Bond for the previous year subject to a minimum of zero percent, whichever is the higher. The interest rate has been fixed at 3.7% per annum for both 2024 and 2023.- 25 -