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QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR

MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1994

KONG

DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993, TOTAL LOANS FOR USE IN

BY 2.1%. (EXCLUDING THOSE FOR TRADE FINANCING) INCREASED

HONG

BY 0.9%.

OF THESE, LOANS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING DECREASED FOLLOWING AN INCREASE OF 6.9% IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND A DECREASE 0.3% IN THE THIRD QUARTER. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY

OF 15.7%.

DEVELOPMENT AND QUARTER, FOLLOWING YEAR-ON-

LOANS TO BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY INVESTMENT SECTOR ROSE BY 5.3% DURING THE FOURTH INCREASES OF 8.3% AND 8.6% DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS. YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 27.9%.

.3.1% DURING

THE

LOANS TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE DECREASED BY THE FOURTH QUARTER, COMPARED WITH INCREASES OF 6% AND 3.9% DURING PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 12.6%. LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS) INCREASED BY 10.6% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING A DECREASE OF 0.5% THE SECOND QUARTER AND AN INCREASE OF 3.5% DURING THE THIRD YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 24.7%.

DURING QUARTER.

THE

THE GROWTH OF

TO LOANS

INDIVIDUALS 'FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SLOWED DOWN TO 1.4% THIS QUARTER, COMPARED WITH 6% AND 5.9% IN AND THIRD QUARTERS. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 15.1%.

PURCHASE

OF

SCHENE) SECOND

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

ON

AS AT END-DECEMBER, TOTAL HONG KONG DOLLAR EXTERNAL CLAIMS AND LIABILITIES TO BANKS OUTSIDE HONG KONG AMOUNTED TO HK$95.9 BILLION AND HK$129.4 BILLION RESPECTIVELY.

LIABILITIES AND HK$67.1 BILLION

OF THESE, HONG KONG DOLLAR EXTERNAL CLAIMS ON AND ΤΟ BANKS IN CHINA AMOUNTED TO HK$37.1 BILLION RESPECTIVELY.

ΤΟ

BANKS

CHINA IN то HK$30

THE NET HONG KONG DOLLAR LIABILITIES DECLINED BY 32.1% FROM HS14.2 BILLION AS AT END-SEPTEMBER BILLION AS AT END-DECEMBER.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE

AT TO 57

NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED 168. THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANK DECREASED BY ONE WHILE THAT OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES DECREASED BY TWO TO 140.

1993 AND FOR DECEMBER PRESENTS FIGURES FROM THE FOR USE IN HONG KONG

BY

TABLE 1 SETS OUT SUMMARY FIGURES

2 COMPARISONS WITH EARLIER MONTHS. TABLE QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES SECTOR.

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