SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1994
PROPERTY
BY 4.3% THIS TWO QUARTERS.
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW QUARTER, COMPARED WITH 5.9% AND 1.4% IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 18.8%.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS INCREASED BY TWO TO 172. 56 WHILE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANK DECREASED BY ONE TO THAT OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 139.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
TABLE 1 SETS OUT SUMMARY FIGURES FOR MARCH 1994 AND COMPARISONS FROM THE QUARTERLY EARLIER WITH
MONTHS. TABLE 2 PRESENTS FIGURES ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR.
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