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SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1988

QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES SECTOR

FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY

EXTENDED TO

IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988, LOANS AND ADVANCES

AFTER AN INCREASE OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 8.8 PER CENT, 6.6 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS BY 29.3 PER CENT.

LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED BY 13.4 CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 1.9 PER CENT IN THE QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 10.8 PER CENT.

GREW

PER

FIRST

CONSTRUCTION SECTOR INCREASED

FOLLOWING A GROWTH OF SIMILAR

THE

LOANS YEAR, THESE OVER

BY

AND LOANS TO THE BUILDING 4.2 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER,

THE MAGNITUDE IN

QUARTER. PRECEDING INCREASED BY 19.9 PER CENT.

PROPERTY LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL

PER CENT (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 9.2

PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS THIS QUARTER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 6.7 QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 30.4 PER CENT.

DTC'S) ROSE

PER CENT BY 68.3 PER

LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (OTHER THAN BANKS AND BY 13.4 PER CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 6.1

GREW LOANS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE CENT.

THE

BY 1.4 PER CENT IN

SECOND LOANS TO STOCKBROKERS FELL

IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER. QUARTER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 3 PER CENT OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS DROPPED BY 38.8 PER CENT,

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

AT

BY

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS INCREASED BY TWO TO 158. THE NUMBER OF LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED 35, WHILE THAT OF REGISTERED TWO TO 226.

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

DECREASED

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