Appendix 8
(Chapter 5: The Economy)
Liabilities and Assets: Licensed Banks
315
As at end of year
1982
Foreign
1983 Foreign
1984
$ Million
HK$ currency
Total
HK$ currency
Total
Foreign HK$ currency
Total
Liabilities
Amount due to banks and deposit-taking
companies in Hong Kong
58.898
38.814
97,712
Amount due to banks abroad
6.129
226.725
232.854
Deposits from customers
107,876
82.384
190.259
Negotiable certificates of deposit outstanding
4.177
5.752
Other liabilities
51.563
14,271
Total liabilities
228,642 367,946
9.929 65.833
596,588
69.118 62.618 131.736 8.870 315,006 323,875 124,674 115.200 239,874
4.549 57.556
264,766
79,622
81,860 161,482
8,586
364,415
373,001
158,005
138,099
296,103
6,817
11,366
24.219 81,774 523,859 788,625
4,838
11,602 44,846 16,534 61,380 295,897 607,671 903,568
6,765
Assets
Notes and coins
Amount due from banks and deposit-taking
2.474
2,474
J
companies in Hong Kong
56,774
Amount due from banks abroad
59,699 7,997 187.647
116.473 195.644
2.621
66.439
2,621
2,340
2,340
98.696
12.881258.707
165,135 271,588
74,877 120.447 195,323 13,808 315,018 328,826
Negotiable certificates of deposit held:
Issued by banks in Hong Kong
1.067
683
1,749
1.371
1,086
2,457
1,661
1,349
3,010
Issued by deposit-taking companies in
Hong Kong
88
88
118
31
Issued by banks outside Hong Kong
12
3.612
3.624
6.350
149 6.350
212
63
274
8.090
8,090
Loans and advances to customers:
To finance imports to, and exports and
re-exports from Hong Kong
17,332
6.293
23.624
19.200
7.880
27,080
19,983
10,073
30,056
To finance merchandising trade not
touching Hong Kong
195
1.316
1,510
193
1.911
2,104
206
3,459
3,665
Other loans for use in Hong Kong
119,700
17.419
137,118
133.851
28.022
161,873
142.631
33,600
176,231
Other loans for use outside Hong Kong
1.195
38.859
40.053
1,713
53.454
55,167
2,391
62,982
65,373
Other loans where the place of use is not known Total loans and advances
928
5.467
6.395
1.376
7.566
8,942
1,609
9,344
10,952
139,348
69,353
Bank acceptances and bank bills of exchange held
917
Floating rate notes and commercial paper held
753
208.702 8.640 9.557 4.384 5.137
156.332
98,833
255,165
166,820
119,457
286,277
947
900
9.581 6.409
10.528 7.309
1,052
9.109
10,160
1,064
10,976
12,040
Treasury bills, securities, shareholdings and
interests in land and buildings
9.885
Other assets
1.314 20.780 21.162
11.199 41.942
Total assets
Number of licensed banks in operation
240,094 356,494 596,588
11.282 1.574 12.856 23.074 31.395 54,469 275,965 512,661 788,625
13.309 2.243 16,470 25,206 291,611 611,957 903,568
15,552
41,676
128
134
140
Liabilities and Assets: Deposit-taking Companies
Liabilities
Amount due to banks and deposit-taking
companies in Hong Kong
24.359 48,419
Amount due to banks abroad
Deposits from customers
Negotiable certificates of deposit outstanding
1,056 118,597
72.778 119.653
27.864
67,061
27,508
1,141
Other liabilities
Total liabilities
Assets
14,816 13,906
43,813 1.554 28,722 68,879 197,640 266,519
16.304 413
1.899 28.728 23.649 868 1.060 17.031 18.869 76,389 250,447
139.809
94.924 141,709
52.377
34,654 1,586 -35,185
72,538
107,191
141,869 143,454
37,099 72.283
1.928 35.900 326,837
1,124 2,074 3,197
16,279 23,685 88,826 277,263 366,089
39.963
Notes and coins
Amount due from banks and deposit-taking
12
12
9
9
7
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7
companies in Hong Kong
Amount due from banks abroad
26.493 23.605 50.098 1,047 50,636 51.683
30.296
29.459
59,755
1.247
76.992
78,240
39.626 1,035
31,721 71,347
84,500
85,535
Negotiable certificates of deposit held:
Issued by banks in Hong Kong
1.472
1.721
3.193
1.747
2,064
3,811
1,908
1,980
3,889
Issued by deposit-taking companies in
Hong Kong
262
158
420
275
420
695
378
Issued by banks outside Hong Kong
9.687
9.687
13.942 13,942
609 15,188
986
15,188
Loans and advances to customers:
To finance imports to, and exports and
re-exports from Hong Kong
1,682
1.032
2.714
1.245
1,157
2,402
1.214
1,197
2,411
To finance merchandising trade not
touching Hong Kong
113
Other loans for use in Hong Kong
38.496
668 11.707
782 50.203
Other loans for use outside Hong Kong
914
59.984
60,898
Other loans where the place of use is not known Total loans and advances
1.540
6.394
42,746
79,785
Bank acceptances and bank bills of exchange held
85.
Floating rate notes and commercial paper held
106
1.621 8,045
7.935 122,532 1,707
8,151
103 37.972 811 713 40.843 71 270
680 9.087 75.519
783 47.058
95 36,716
688
783
7,959
44,675
76,330
1,098
76.319
77.417
8.901 95.344 1.073 11,554
9.614 136,187
1.144 11,824
988 40.110 76
8,499
9,487
94.663 740
134,772
816
777
23,632
24,409
Treasury bills, securities, shareholdings and
interests in land and buildings
Other assets
1.982 4.344 6,326 2,495 10,216 12.711
1.631
Total assets
Number of deposit-taking companies in operation
76,701
189,818 266,519
361
6.014 7.645 3,255 10,331 13,586 79,643 247,194 326,837
1,581 9,269
10,850
2.965 15,324 88,463 277,626 366,089
18,289
349
344
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