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BY
3.5%
YEAR
AMONG THESE LOANS, HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS INCREASED WHILE FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS INCREASED BY 1.1%. EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 14.9% AND 16.7% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED WITH A
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY IN MARCH, AFTER INCREASES OF 2.5% AND 0.3% IN JANUARY RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 13.0%.
AND
1.5% FEBRUARY
FOLLOWING RESPECTIVELY.
LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG INCREASED BY 0.9% AFTER A DECREASE OF 0.3% IN JANUARY AND AN FEBRUARY.
INCREASE OF 5.4% YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 17.8%. LOANS TO TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG INCREASED BY 1.6% DURING INCREASES OF 1.2% AND 1.4% IN JANUARY AND YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS DECREASED BY 6.2%.
MARCH,
FEBRUARY RESPECTIVELY.
OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 3.4%
INCREASES OF 1.5% AND 1.3% IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 14.6%.
IN
MARCH,
MARCH,
FINANCE AFTER
IN
QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR
KONG
DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993, TOTAL LOANS FOR USE IN (EXCLUDING THOSE FOR TRADE FINANCING) INCREASED BY
FOLLOWING
HONG
6.4%.
BY
9.5%, QUARTER
OF THESE, LOANS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING INCREASED
INCREASES OF 0.4% AND 5.9% IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH OF 1992 RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 22.4%.
DEVELOPMENT
AND
LOANS TO BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY INVESTMENT SECTOR ROSE BY 3.2% DURING THE FIRST INCREASES OF 2.1% AND 5.0% DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS.
QUARTER, FOLLOWING YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 15.1%.
YEAR-ON-
5.5% DURING
LOANS TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE INCREASED BY THE FIRST QUARTER, COMPARED WITH A DECREASE OF 0.8% AND AN INCREASE OF 1.5% DURING THE PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, INCREASED BY 11.3%.
THESK LOANS
LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS)} INCREASED BY 9.4% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 9.2% THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992 AND A DECREASE OF 3.8% DURING THE QUARTER OF 1992. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 16.0%.
DURING FOURTH
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) INCREASED BY 1.0% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 3.5% AND 1.1% IN THE QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 11.3%.
PROPERTY
PRECEDING
TWO
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
161.
UNCHANGED INCREASED
AT
BY
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS REMAINED THE NUMBER OF REPORTING RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS TWO TO 58 WHILE THAT OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY THREE TO 143.
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