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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1988

ROSE BY 1.4 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER; OVER

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG CENT IN DECEMBER AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1 PËR THE YEAR THESE LOANS GREW BY 24.7 PER CENT.

CENT IN OVER

KONG ROSE BY 1.7 PER OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG DECEMBER, AFTER A DECLINE OF 0.2 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 30.3 PER CENT.

HONG KONG GREW BY 8. 3 PER

LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE DECEMBER AND BY 94.5 PER CENT OVER THE YEAR.

QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES SECTOR

CENT IN

FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY

EXTENDED LOANS AND ADVANCES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987,

AN INCREASE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 6.4 PER CENT, AFTER 4.8 PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW 18.7 PER CENT.

TO

OF

BY

PER LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED BY 10.5

PER CENT IN CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING A SIMILAR INCREASE OF 10.3 THE PRECEDING QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 29 PER CENT.

BUILDING AND

THE GROWTH IN LOANS TO THE SLOWED DOWN TO 3.5 PER CENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, PER CENT.

THESE

LOANS

CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

FROM 6.6 INCREASED

PER CENT BY 14.2

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF

PER CENT (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 5.7

INCREASE OF 5.9 PER CENT IN THE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AFTER AN PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 35 PER CENT.

THE FOURTH OF 49.3 PER

CONCERNS FINANCIAL

ΤΟ AND LOANS TO

STOCKBROKERS, HOWEVER, DROPPED BY 3.3 PER CENT AND 51.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. IN QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THEY STILL RECORDED GROWTH RATES CENT AND 17.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE

NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

BANKS AND

REMAINED

RESPECTIVELY. THAT OF REPORTING DECREASED BY 4 TO 232.

UNCHANGED AT REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING

154

LICENSED AND COMPANIES

35

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