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QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987, LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED TO

OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 4.8 PER CENT AFTER INCREASES

4.3 PER CENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND 2.0 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 17.9 PER CENT.

LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED MORE RAPIDLY IN THIS QUARTER, BY 10.3 PER CENT FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 0.1 PER CENT THE FIRST QUARTER AND 5.7 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 13.1 PER CENT.

PER

THE

LOANS TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR GREW BY 6. 6

FALLING BY 2.7 CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AFTER

PER CENT IN SECOND QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 1.5 PER CENT.

BY

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) CONTINUED TO GROW, 5.9 PER CENT AFTER INCREASES OF 9.2 PER CENT AND 10.5 PER CENT IN

BY GREW PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS CENT.

37.5

THE

PER

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN HOME PURCHASING

ROSE BY GREW SLIGHTLY FASTER IN THE THIRD QUARTER. THESE LOANS PER CENT AFTER AN INCREASE OF 10.4 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

10.9

LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS ALSO

GREW

RAPIDLY IN THE THIRD

QUARTER, BY 44.6 PER CENT.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS AND LICENSED

CONPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED DEPOSIT-TAKING

AT

RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THAT OF REPORTING REGISTERED COMPANIES DECREASED BY 1 TO 238.

153 AND 35 DEPOSIT-TAKING

1

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