ON
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1991
IN
THE IR
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN
IN PARTICIPATION
THE
HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A GROWING TREND HONG KONG TO BE INCREASINGLY ACTIVE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM.
COUNCIL ELECTIONS,
FOR 55 AND
IN THE LATEST DISTRICT BOARD AND MUNICIPAL THE NUMBER OF ELECTED CANDIDATES AGED 21 TO 40 ACCOUNTED 59 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, MR LAN SAID.
WOULD "IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER YOUNG CANDIDATES
IN RESULTS
THE COMING IMPRESSIVE BE ABLE
EQUALLY TO ACHIEVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER,'
I HE ADDED.
MONETARY STATISTICS FOR MAY PUBLISHED
HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS AND THE
WERE SUPPLY
LITTLE BROADEST
HONG KONG DOLLAR MONEY DEFINITION OF CHANGED IN MAY COMPARED WITH APRIL, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH.
PUBLISHED
ON THE OTHER HAND, HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS AND ADVANCES RECORDED AN INCREASE IN MAY.
DEPOSITS
HONG
KONG
DOLLAR
DEPOSIT'S
WITH
AUTHORISED
INSTITUTIONS,
GROWTH 1.2%
ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE SWAP DEPOSITS, REGISTERED A ZERO PER CENT IN MAY, FOLLOWING A DECREASE OF 0.8% IN MARCH AND AN INCREASE OF IN APRIL.
OF THESE DEPOSITS, DEMAND DEPOSITS AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS FELL BY 6.7% AND 1.9% RESPECTIVELY WHILE TIME DEPOSITS ROSE BY 2.4% IN MAY.
COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS BY 12.0%, BROADLY IN LINE WITH THE GROWTH IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES,
GREW
DROPPED AND APRIL
FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS WITH AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS BY 0.6% IN MAY, AFTER INCREASES OF 1.5% AND 0.6% IN MARCH RESPECTIVELY.
AMONG THESE DEPOSITS, U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS DECLINED WHILE NON-U.S. DOLLAR DEPOSITS INCREASED BY 0.2% IN MAY.
OVER THE YEAR, TOTAL FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSITS
20.2%.
ALL CURRENCIES WITH
LICENSED
BY 1.7%
INCREASED BY
BANKS,
RESTRICTED
5.6% AND 3.9%
OF DEPOSITS LICENCE BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL BY 0.1%, RESPECTIVELY IN MAY.
/COMPARED WITH