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LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG BY 248 DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

AT 30th JỤNE, 1979

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1979

1. Manufacturing:

(a) textiles:

8)

(i) cotton

(ii) other

footwear & wearing apparel metal products & engineering rubber, plastics & chemicals shipbuilding & repair electrical & electronic food

beverages & tobacco

printing & publishing miscellaneous

$ Million

892

225

122

103

43

53

49

119

183

27

3

64

126

2. Agriculture and fisheries:

fisheries

23

12.

livestock & livestock products vegetables & horticulture

3. Transport and transport equipment

6

5

2,496

4.

-

Electricity, gas and telephone

22

5. Building and construction

6. General commerce:

1,662

1,964

(a)

(b)

import, export & wholesale trade retail trade

1,785

179

7. Mining and quarrying

8.

Miscellaneous:

3,886

hotels, boarding houses & catering financial concerns including banks

70

594

stockbrokers

137

professional & private individuals:

1,723

(e)

*TOTAL, LOANS AND ADVANCES

(1) to purchase residential property (ii) for other business purposes (iii) for other private purposes all others

873

395

455

1,362

$ 10,945

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