Macao Pataca to Remain Pegged to Hong Kong Dollar

Date April 29, 2008

The peg of the pataca to the is an established policy of the Government and will not be changed for a long time, the Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, said when he attended a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly this afternoon.

Mr Ho, who was answering legislators’ questions, said he understood that the increasing exchange rate of RMB had stimulated inflation; however, the pataca’s link exchange rate relationship with the will not be changed in order to maintain financial stability.

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