HK Exchange says eight firms buy back shares

HONG KONG, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The Hong Kong stock exchange said on Monday 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 ----------- ---------- ----------- --------- --------- Applied Dev 21/12/07 15,000 HK$0.55 HK$0.55 Holdings Ltd (0519.HK) -------------------------------------------------------------- China Metal 21/12/07 104,000 HK$2.45 HK$2.32 International Holdings Inc (0319.HK) -------------------------------------------------------------- Regal Hotels 21/12/07 4,872,000 HK$0.61 HK$0.60 International Holdings Ltd (0078.HK) -------------------------------------------------------------- Hua Xia 21/12/07 100,000 HK$0.223 HK$0.223 Healthcare Holdings Ltd (8143.HK) -------------------------------------------------------------- i-CABLE 21/12/07 491,000 HK$1.55 HK$1.54 Communications Ltd (1097.HK) -------------------------------------------------------------- National Elecs 21/12/07 320,000 HK$0.64 HK$0.64 Holdings Ltd (0213.HK) -------------------------------------------------------------- Tongda Group 21/12/07 4,190,000 HK$0.3398 HK$0.33 Holdings Ltd (0698.HK) -------------------------------------------------------------- Yorkey Optical 21/12/07 80,000 HK$2.09 HK$2.05 International (Cayman) Ltd (2788.HK) ============================================================== (Reporting by Jimmy Tsim, editing by Dominic Whiting)