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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1979

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LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS TO PURCHASE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ROSE

BY 11.9 PER CENT, AND LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR ALL OTHER PURPOSES ROSE BY 4.9 PER CENT.

THE DETAILED FIGURES, AND COMPARISONS WITH EARLIER MONTHS, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

IN $MILLION

INCREASE OVER EARLIER MONTHS

SEPT. 1979

AUG. 1979

JUNE 1979

SEPT. 1978

Mi

26 062

M 2

85 904

M 3

90 840

893 (3.5%) +1 759 (7.2%) + 4 037 (18.3%)

+1 965 (2.3%) +4 976 (6.1%) +15 035 (21.1%)

+2 376 (2.7%) +5 484 (6.4%)

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BANKS

DEPOSITS

79 029

LOANS AND

67 191

+1 794 (2.3%) +4 857 (6.5%) +14 424 (22.3%)

+2 472 (3.8%) +4 833 (7.8%) +20 715 (44.6 %)

ADVANCES IN

HONG KONG

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

DEPOSITS

LOANS AND

21 422 +1 008 (4.9%) +3 567 (20.0%)

11 964 449 (3.9%) +1 019 (9.3%)

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*

ADVANCES IN

HONG KONG

BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

LOANS AND

68 526 +1 893 (2.8%) +4 297 (6.7%)

ADVANCES IN

HỒNG XONG

(THE ASTERISK DENOTES THAT FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE EARLIER THAN DECEMBER 1978).

/DETAILS FROM