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TRADE OF
SLOWED
CENT
HONG
IN
WITHIN THE TOTAL, LOANS TO FINANCE THE VISIBLE KONG ROSE BY 5.7 PER CENT AFTER THE SLOW INCREASES OF 0.4 PER APRIL AND 1.7 PER CENT IN MAY; OVER THE YEAR THESE LOANS GREW BY 25.3 DOWN IN PER CENT. GROWTI IN OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG
2 PER CENT IN JUNE, INCREASING BY 0.6 PER CENT AFTER INCREASES OF 3.
YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY APRIL AND 1.8 PER CENT IN MAY. OVER THE 25.5 PER CENT.
QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES
SECTOR
FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY
EXTENDED TO
IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987, LOANS AND ADVANCES
AFTER INCREASES OF 5.8 THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 2 PER CENT
THE FIRST PER CENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986 AND 4.3 PER CENT IN QUARTER OF 1987. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 20 PER CENT.
THE PREVIOUS
LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED BY CENT FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 0.1 PER CENT IN OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 12.7 PER CENT.
LOANS TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR FELL BY CENT AFTER AN INCREASE OF 6.4 PER CENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS FELL BY 1.8 PER CENT,
RESIDENTIAL
5.7 PER QUARTER.
2. 7 PER
OF
1987.
PROPERTY INCREASE
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) CONTINUED TO RAPIDLY, BY 10.5 PER CENT AFTER INCREASES OF 7.7 PER CENT AND 9.2 CENT IN THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS, REFLECTING THE CONTINUED GROWTH
MARKET. OVER THE YEAR, THESE ACTIVITY IN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOANS GREW BY 44.9 PER CENT.
IN
THAN HOME PURCHASING QUARTER. OVER THE
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OTHER ALSO GREW RAPIDLY, BY 10.4 PER CENT IN THE SECOND YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 56.8 PER CENT.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS AND
UNCHANGED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES
REMAINED
RESPECTIVELY WHILE THE NUMBER OF REPORTING COMPANIES DECREASED BY THREE TO 245.
REPORTING
AT
151
LICENSED AND
35
REGISTERED
DEPOSIT-TAKING
TABLE 1: