MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1990
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
CENT IN THE PRECEDING
(OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 10.6 PER CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 5 PER QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 28.6 PER CENT.
AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER
LOANS TO THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION SECTOR DECLINED SLIGHTLY BY 0.5 PER CENT 1989, AFTER A GROWTH OF 5.7 PER CENT IN THE YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 63.6 PER CENT.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF
DEPOSIT-TAKING
RESPECTIVELY.
REPORTING LICENSED BANKS AND LICENSED
UNCHANGED REMAINED OF REGISTERED
COMPANIES THE NUMBER
AT DEPOSIT-TAKING
165
AND 36 COMPANIES
DECREASED BY FOUR TO 202.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
TABLES 1 AND 2 WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE AND BOXED.
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