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To: DreamWeaver who wrote (6917)	8/17/1998 12:12:00 AM
From: Ken Brown	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Yes, but here is why: That's why it was up on Friday. I just noticed the Yahoo quote was old; it is not updating for today's action. With Japan now down 2.5%, and China down 6%, I doubt HK will be up. Ken

To: DreamWeaver who wrote (6917)	8/17/1998 12:24:00 AM
From: marc ultra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

re: Hong Kong, this all happened Friday. Looks like they're not open today so far,?holiday or some other reason Marc

To: DreamWeaver who wrote (6917)	8/17/1998 12:42:00 AM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Dream Weaver: I understand from a Chinese friend that the market in Hong Kong will be closed Monday 17 August 1998 for holiday. The same source confirmed that the HK government, indeed, as you indicated, interceded in the stock market in order to foil the short sellers. Thus, this information certainly goes a long to explain why the market leaped nearly 8.5% on Friday last, 14 August. For what it's worth, the selfsame source did not express confidence that the Hang Seng index will do anything but decline when the HK market re-opens Tuesday.