HK Exchange says eight firms buy back shares

Dec 21 (Reuters) - The Hong Kong stock exchange said on
Friday eight 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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Applied 20/12/07 20,000 HK$0.56 HK$0.56
Development Holdings Ltd (0519.HK)
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China Metal 20/12/07 86,000 HK$2.35 HK$2.30
International Holdings Inc (0319.HK)
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Hopewell Holdings 20/12/07 20,000 HK$33.30 HK$33/30
Ltd (0054.HK)
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I-CABLE 20/12/07 100,000 HK$1.56 HK$1.54
Communications Ltd (1097.HK)
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Mingyuan Medicare 20/12/07 100,000 HK$1.13 HK$1.13
Development Co Ltd (0233.HK)
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Regal Hotels 20/12/07 11,024,000 HK$0.60 HK$0.57
International Holdings Ltd (0078.HK)
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TCL Multimedia 20/12/07 5,228,000 HK$0.455 HK$0.445
Technology Holdings Ltd (1070.HK)
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Tongda Group 20/12/07 560,000 HK$0.32 HK$0.32
Holdings Ltd (0698.HK)
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(Reporting by Raymond Leung)