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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1989

LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED BY 15.8 CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 2.9 PER CENT IN THE QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 37.6 PER CENT.

PER

THIRD

ROSE

CENT

(OTHER THAN BANKS AND DTC'S) LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS BY 11 1 PER CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 11.9 PER IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 54 PER CENT.

J

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 7.9

PER CENT THIS QUARTER, AFTER AN INCREASE QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW 33.6 PER CENT.

SECTOR GROWTH

OF 6.3

PROPERTY PER CENT PREVIOUS

THE IN

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LOANS TO THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND

A INCREASED BY 31.7 PER CENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, FOLLOWING

A SIGNIFICANT PART OF 4.1 PER CENT IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER. OF THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO THE RECTIFICATION OF A CLASSIFICATION ERROR

SO THAT THE

MORE LOANS ARE NOW BY SOME AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS,

THE PROPERLY CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR INTENDED USAGE RATHER THAN BUSINESSES OF THE LOAN RECIPIENTS.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS AND TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 158 AND 35 NUMBER OF REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES FELL

LICENSED DEPOSIT- RESPECTIVELY.

BY ONE TO 216.

THE

TABLE 1: