Table 33: Exchange Rate Movements of Selected Currencies vis-à-vis the Euro (Period Average)
			Appreciation/(Depreciation)
	January 1999	August 2001	of Selected Currencies
	[1]	[2]	between [1] & [2]
			(Per cent)
Hong Kong dollar	8.9689	7.0186	27.8
Indonesian rupiah	9,961.02	8,052.67	23.7
Korean won	1,358.76	1,154.46	17.7
Mauritian rupee	28.987	26.666	8.7
Philippines peso	44.395	46.677	(4.9)
Singapore dollar	1.9453	1.5852	22.7
South African rand	6.9690	7.4658	(6.7)
Taiwan dollar	37.333	31.130	19.9
Thailand baht	42.3655	40.4130	4.8
Note: The daily average exchange rate of the rupee against the euro is based on the average selling rates of all commercial banks
while the daily exchange rates of the other selected currencies against the euro are derived from Reuters.