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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1975
MORE DETAILED BANKING STATISTICS TO BE ISSUED
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MORE STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON BANKING ACTIVITIES WILL BE PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN FUTURE.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING, MR. A.D. OCKENDEN SAID THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WOULD INCLUDE STATISTICS ON LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG, LOANS AND ADVANCES ABROAD, TIME DEPOSITS WITH BANKS ABROAD, AND THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY OF THE BANKS DURING THE MONTH, CALCULATED UNDER THE BANKING ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, THE FIGURES WILL EXCLUDE INTERBANK BALANCES WITHIN HONG KONG AND THE AMOUNTS OF CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS AND THE EQUIVALENT NOTE ISSUE.
MR. OCKENDEN SAID THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WOULD BE ISSUED AS SOON AS THEY WERE AVAILABLE AND IN ADVANCE OF THEIR PUBLICATION IN THE MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE COMMISSIONER REVEALED THAT AT THE END OF LAST MONTH (APRIL 30) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS HAS $33,335,958,000. OF THIS AMOUNT, 89,149,094,000 WAS DEMAND DEPOSITS, $13,358,661,000 TIME DEPOSITS AND $10,827,413,000 SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A TABLE SHOWING IN DETAIL THE BANKING STATISTICS FOR LAST MONTH IN THE REVISED FORM IS BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
LADY MACLEHOSE TO SEE NEW FURNITURE DESIGNS ******
NOTE TO EDITORS:
LADY MACLEHOSE WILL INSPECT THE ENTRIES TO THE FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION AT THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES 21 MA TAU WAI ROAD, HUNG HOM, AT 10.30 A.M. TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE COMPETITION IS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPETITION IS TO PROMOTE DETTER FURNITURE DESIGN IN HONG KONG GENERALLY, AND TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE FOR GOVERNMENT QUARTERS MORE IN KEEPING WITH TODAY'S LIFE-STYLE. IT IS OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BONA-FIDE RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG,
TOGETHER WITH DESIGNS AND DRAWINGS, MODELS OF SOME OF
THE ENTRIES WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY TOMORROW.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED.
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