XN000022-1989-11-01 — Page 27

25

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989

KONG

LOANS TO FINANCE MERCHANDISING TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG INCREASED BY 11.4 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 3.1 PER CENT IN JULY AND A FALL OF 5.8 PER CENT

IN AUGUST. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 49.2 PER CENT.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989, LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED ΤΟ THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 0.7 PER CENT AFTER AN 8.6 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 27.6 PER CENT.

LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE DECREASED BY 4.8 FER CENT FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 0.7 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 21.6 PER CENT.

LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (OTHER THAN BANKS AND DTC'S) ROSE BY 10.8 PER CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 6.1 PER CENT IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 61.6 PER CENT.

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 5.0 PER CENT

OF 4.0 THIS QUARTER, AFTER AN INCREASE

PER CENT

THE IN

PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 25.4 PER CENT.

LOANS TO THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT SECTOR INCREASED BY 5.7 PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989, FOLLOWING A GROWTH OF 8.6 PER CENT IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 116.5 PER CENT

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS INCREASED BY FOUR ΤΟ 166. THE NUMBER OF LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES AND REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 35 AND 208 RESPECTIVELY.

/TABLE 1