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GREW BY 0.6 PER PER CENT AND 1.4 THESE LOANS

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG CENT IN SEPTEMBER, COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 2.5 PER CENT IN JULY AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY; OVER THE YEAR, GREW BY 24.9 PER CENT.

KONG GREW BY 2.1 PER CENT OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG

IN CENT IN SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING GROWTH RATES OF 1.3 PER CENT AND 1.8 PER

22.8 JULY AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS PER CENT.

GREW BY

PER CENT

LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG INCREASED BY '2.2 SEPTEMBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 0.3 PER CENT AND 6.2 PER AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY CENT.

CENT IN IN JULY 42.3 PER

QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES SECTOR

FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY

EXTENDED TO IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988, LOANS AND ADVANCES

AFTER AN INCREASE OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 7.9 PER CENT

GRBW 8.8 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS BY 33.1 PER CENT.

2.9 PER LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED BY

OF 13.4 PER CENT IN THE CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE SECOND QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 31.3 PER CENT.

4.1 CENT IN BY LOANS INCREASED

LOANS TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR INCREASED BY PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, FOLLOWING A GROWTH OF 4.2 PER

OVER QUARTER.

THE YEAR, THESE THE PRECEDING 17.1 PER CENT.

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF

PER CENT (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 6.3

PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS THIS QUARTER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 9.2 QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 30.9 PER CENT.

DTC'S) ROSE

CENT

PER

LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (OTHER THAN BANKS AND BY 11.9 PER CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 13.4 PER

GREW BY 30.2 IN THE SECOND QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR. THESE LOANS CENT.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

REMAINED UNCHANGED AT

ONE

COMPANIES

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS 158. THE NUMBER OF LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES INCREASED BY TO 36, WHILE THAT OF REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING FURTHER BY THREE TO 219.

DECREASED

TABLE 1

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