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TABLE 2: QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR - DEC 1996
Sectors
Dec 1996 (HK$ Mn)
Adjusted# % change from earlier quarters to Dec 1996
Sep 1996
Jun 1996
Dec 1995
Trade Financing
185,293
1.4
-2.4
6.7
Manufacturing
107,768
0.0
2.0
7.6
Transport and transport equipment
83,195
6.2
6.9
20.0
Building, construction, property
330,157
7.5
12.7
26.0
development and investment
Wholesale and retail trade
176,691
-1.5
1.8
6.3
Financial concerns
205,792
6.7
8.4
13.9
Individuals:
to purchase flats in the Home
50,623
0.8
0.8
6.6
Ownership Scheme and Private
Sector Participation Scheme
to purchase other residential property
370,122
6.5
11.1
22.7
other purposes
Others
Total
129,322
3.4
7.1
15.5
181,664
6.0
4.2
14.5
1,820,627
4.5
6.6
15.8
* With the introduction of the new Return on Loans and Advances and Provisions (as revised from the Return on Loans and Advances
for Use in Hong Kong) as from December 1994, a member of Als have reclassified certain components. As a result, the figures are not strictly comparable with those of previous quarters. The percentage changes given above have been adjusted, so far as possibia, to remove the reclassification effect and therefore cannot be calculated directly from the published figures.
This excludes finds advanced to authorized institutions.
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