XN000022-1993-07-31+08-01 — Page 4

SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1993

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY 3.7% IN JUNE, AFTER INCREASES OF 3.6% AND 2.3% IN APRIL AND MAY RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 13.6%.

OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 0.8% IN JUNE, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 0.8% AND 1.7% IN APRIL AND MAY RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 13.9%.

LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG INCREASED BY 0.4% IN JUNE, AFTER INCREASES OF 3.6% AND 3.4% IN APRIL AND MAY RESPECTIVELY. YEAR- ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 19.3%.

LOANS TO FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG INCREASED BY 5.1% DURING JUNE, AFTER DECREASES OF 1.2% AND 2.0% IN APRIL AND MAY

YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS DECREASED BY 13.3%.

RESPECTIVELY.

QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR

USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR

DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993, TOTAL LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG (EXCLUDING THOSE FOR TRADE FINANCING) INCREASED BY 3.4%.

OF THESE, LOANS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING INCREASED BY 6.9%, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 5.9% AND 9.5% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1992 AND FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 24.4%.

LOANS TO BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT SECTOR ROSE BY 8.3% DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 5.0% AND 3.2% DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS. YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 19.9%.

LOANS TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE INCREASED BY THE SECOND QUARTER, COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 1.5% AND THE PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS 12.6%.

YEAR-ON-

6.0% DURING 5.5% DURING INCREASED BY

LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS) DECREASED BY 0.5% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING A DECREASE OF 3.8% DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1992 AND AN INCREASE OF 9.4% DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 14.4%.

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) INCREASED BY 6.0% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 1.1% AND 1.0% IN THE PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 12.1%.

QUARTERLY HONG KONG DOLLAR EXTERNAL CLAIMS AND LIABILITIES TO BANKS OUTSIDE HONG KONG

AS AT END-JUNE, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR EXTERNAL CLAIMS ON AND LIABILITIES TO BANKS OUTSIDE HONG KONG AMOUNTED TO HK$67.0 BILLION AND HK$138.0 BILLION RESPECTIVELY.

/OF THESE,