MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1993
YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 14.7%.
QUARTERLY HONG KONG DOLLAR EXTERNAL CLAIMS ON AND LIABILITIES TO BANKS OUTSIDE HONG KONG
ON
AS AT END-SEPTEMBER, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR EXTERNAL CLAIMS AND LIABILITIES TO BANKS OUTSIDE HONG KONG AMOUNTED TO HK$70.9 BILLION AND HK$135 BILLION RESPECTIVELY.
OF THESE, HONG KONG DOLLAR EXTERNAL CLAIMS ON AND LIABILITIES TO BANKS IN CHINA AMOUNTED TO HK$38.0 BILLION AND HK$82.2 BILLION RESPECTIVELY.
THE NET HONG KONG DOLLAR LIABILITIES TO BANKS IN CHINA DECLINED BY 9.0% FROM HK$48.6 BILLION AS AT END-JUNE TO HK$44.2 BILLION AS AT END-SEPTEMBER.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS INCREASED BY TWO TO 167. THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANKS INCREASED BY ONE TO 56 WHILE THAT OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 143.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
TABLE 1 SETS OUT SUMMARY FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1993 AND COMPARISONS WITH EARLIER MONTHS.
TABLE 2 PRESENTS FIGURES FROM THE QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR.
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