MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1993
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG DECREASED BY 0.8% SEPTEMBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 1.4% AND 0.04% IN JULY AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY.
IN
YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 15.6%.
OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY SEPTEMBER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 3.6% AND 0.3% IN JULY AND RESPECTIVELY.
1.2%
IN AUGUST
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 15.3%.
LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG DECREASED BY 0.6% IN SEPTEMBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 1.4% AND 1.3% IN JULY AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 12.2%.
LOANS TO FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG DECREASED BY 3.4% DURING SEPTEMBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 3.2% IN JULY AND A DECREASE OF 2.0% IN AUGUST RESPECTIVELY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 10.8%.
QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR
DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993, TOTAL LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG (EXCLUDING THOSE FOR TRADE FINANCING) INCREASED BY 5.2%.
OF THESE, LOANS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING DECREASED BY 0.3%, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 9.5% AND 6.9% IN THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER RESPECTIVELY.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 23.6%. LOANS то CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT SECTOR 8.6% DURING THE THIRD QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 3.2% DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS.
BUILDING,
ROSE BY
AND 8.3%
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 27.5%.
LOANS TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE INCREASED BY 3.9% DURING THE THIRD QUARTER, COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 5.5% AND 6.0% DURING THE PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 18.0%. LOANS ΤΟ FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS) INCREASED BY 3.5% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 9.4% DURING THE FIRST QUARTER AND A DECREASE OF 0.5% DURING THE SECOND QUARTER.
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 8.4%.
PROPERTY SLIGHTLY
6.0%
IN THE
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) SLOWED DOWN TO 5.9% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 1.0% AND PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS.
/YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE