Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchange rates against Hong Kong dollar released by Hang Seng Bank Limited on Thursday:

Buying Selling

U.S. dollar 781.00 784.00

Australian dollar 618.60 626.60

Canadian dollar 616.50 624.80

Swiss franc 805.90 816.00

euro 913.30 924.50

British pound 1002.80 1014.80

Japanese yen 705.90 717.00

(The above exchange rates are expressed per 100 units for the foreign currency, except per 10,000 units for the Japanese yen.)