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TABLE 2: QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR

Jun 1990

Mar 1990

JUNE 1990 #+

Earlier quarters (*change to June 1990)

Dec 1989

(HKSon)

Jun 1989

Manufacturing

49,429

48,062 ( 2.8 %)

46,267 (6.8%)

Transport and transport

equipment

37,658

37,149 ( 1.4 %)

37,174 ( 1.3 %)

47,291 ( 4.5 %)

27,043 (39.3 %)

Building, construction,

102,145

101,149 (1.0 %)

96,299 (6.1 %)

91,518 (11.6%)

property development

and investment

Wholesale and retail trade

69,663

65,358 ( 6.6 %)

62,663 ( 11.2 %)

65,874 ( 5.8%)

Financial concems *

93,849

90,507 (3.7 %)

85,158 (10.2%)

67,625 (38,8 %)

Individuals:

to purchase flats in the Home

13,883

12,660 9.7 %)

10,605 (30.9 %)

9,209 (50.8%)

Ownership Scheme and Private

Sector Participation Scheme

to purchase other residential property

113,773

107,406 ( 5.9 %)

99,493 ( 14.4 %)

85,635 (32.9 %)

other purposes

58,843

Others

Total

105,222

644,466

56,828 ( 3.5 %)

99,428 (5.8%)

618,547 4.2 %)

55,105 ( 6.8 %)

53,420 (10.2%)

91,830 14.6 %)

87,608 (20.1%)

584,594 (10.2 %)

535,224 (20.4 %)

# Starting from December 1988, more detailed statistics on loans to the transport sector,

to building, construction, property development and investment and to financial concerns are available. They are published in the Monthly Digest of Statistics from the January 1989 issue onwards.

+ In December 1988, the return for reporting loans for use by sector was revised. As a result of this, some authorized institutions have now more properly classified their loans according to intended usage rather than the business of the loan recipients.

*This excludes funds advanced to authorized institutions

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