HK Exchange says three firms buy back shares

HONG KONG, July 8 (Reuters) - The Hong Kong stock exchange
said on Wednesday three companies had repurchased their ordinary
shares in the market.

The following is a table regarding share buybacks:

No. of Highest Lowest
Company name Date of Securities Price Price
(Stock code) Repurchase Repurchased per share per share
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CHINESE EST 2009/07/07 741,500 HK$13.10 HK$12.90
(0127.HK)
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HK & CHINA GAS 2009/07/07 1,552,000 HK$15.94 HK$15.86
(0003.HK)
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NEW FOCUS AUTO 2009/07/06 64,000 HK$1.04 HK$1.03
(0360.HK) 2009/07/07 20,000 HK$1.04 --
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(Reporting by Jimmy Tsim; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)