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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1991

OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY

HONG KONG GREW BY IN

OF 2.1 PER CENT AND

11.8 PER CENT.

PER 0.5

PER 2.0

CENT IN CENT

IN

OTHER LOANS FOR USE DECEMBER FOLLOWING INCREASES OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY.

OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 17.9 PER CENT.

HONG

KONG ROSE BY 2.1 PER

LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE DECEMBER, AFTER INCREASES OF 5.0 PER CENT AND 1.4 PER CENT IN 'ND NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY.

OVER

CONSIDERABLE

LOANS.

BY

PER 74.7 GREW THESE LOANS THE YEAR,

PROPORTION OF THIS INCREASE WAS CONTRIBUTED BY

CENT

OCTOBER

IN

CENT.

A

EURO-YEN

LOANS то FINANCE MERCHANDISING TRADE NOT TOUCHING DECLINED BY 2.2 PER CENT IN DECEMBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF CENT IN OCTOBER AND A DECLINE OF 2.5 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER. YEAR, THESE LOANS DECREASED BY 7.6 PER CENT.

HONG KONG 7.2 PER OVER THE

QUARTERLY SECTOR

OF ANALYSIS

LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN

HONG KONG BY

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990, TOTAL LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG (EXCLUDING THOSE FOR TRADE FINANCING) INCREASED BY 4.6 PER CENT.

PROPERTY

AND CONSTRUCTION OF THESE,

LOANS TO THE BUILDING, DEVELOPMENT SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.9 PER CENT, FOLLOWING INCREASES 1.0 PER CENT AND 2.9 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS. YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 12.3 PER CENT.

OF

OVER THE

PROPERTY

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 10.3 PER CENT, TWO AFTER INCREASES OF 5.9 PER CENT AND 5.3 PER CENT IN THE PRECEDING QUARTERS. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 32.8 PER CENT.

BY 5.7 LOANS TO FINANCE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE INCREASED PER CENT, AFTER INCREASES OF 6.6 PER CENT AND 1.4 PER CENT RECORDED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 19.1 PER CENT.

TO LOANS

FINANCIAL

CONCERNS

THAN (OTHER INSTITUTIONS) ROSE BY 5.8 PER CENT, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF CEN'T AND 5.5 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS. OVER THOSE LOANS GREW BY 23.0 PER CENT.

AUTHORISED 3.7 PER THE YEAR,

FOLLOWING LOANS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING ROSE BY 0.1 PER CENT,

DECLINE OF AN INCREASE OF 2.8 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND A 0.3 PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

6.6 PER CENT.

OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY

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