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

Sep 1990

SEPTEMBER 1990 | +

Earlier quarters

( change to September 1990)

(HK$an)

Jun 1990

Mar 1990

Sep 1989

Manufacturing

49,287

Transport and transport

equipment

38.971

49,429 (-0.3 %)

37,658 ( 3.5 %)

48,062 ( 2.5 %)

37,149 (4.9 )

47,618 (3.5 )

33.435 (16.6 %)

Building, construction,

105,088

102,145 ( 2.9 %)

101,149 ( 1.9 %)

96,772 ( 8.6%)

property development

and investment

Wholesale and retail trade

70,529

Financial concerns *

98,988

69,663 ( 1.4 4)

93,849 (5.5 %)

65,358 ( 8.1 )

90,507 9.4 %)

62,729 ( 12.6 %)

74,919 32.1%)

Individuals:

LO

to purchase flats in the Bowe Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme

13,899

13,883 0.1 %)

12,660 (9.8 )

9,880 40.7 %}

to purchase other residential property

119,858

113.773

5.3 %)

107,406 (11.6 %)

89,957 33.2 %)

other purposes

Others

Total

60,599

101,968

659,287

58,843 ( 3.0 )

105,222 (−3.1 %)

644,466 ( 2.3 %)

56,828 ( 6.6 %)

99,428 ( 2.6 *)

618,547 ( 6.6 %)

52,756 (14.9 %)

93,4149.2 %)

561,401 (17,4 %)

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. Ал а 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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