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LOANS AND ADVANCES

3

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1994

BY AUTHORISED

4.1%

TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOANS AND ADVANCES EXTENDED INSTITUTIONS INCREASED BY 0.6% IN MARCH, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF AND 1.0% IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY RESPECTIVELY.

2.1% WHILE AMONG THESE LOANS, HONG KONG DOLLAR LOANS ROSE BY

COMPARED WITH A YBAR FOREIGN CURRENCY

DECREASED BY 0.1%. LOANS EARLIER, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 15.3% AND 17.3% RESPECTIVELY.

LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG INCREASED BY IN MARCH, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1.1% IN JANUARY AND A DECREASE OF IN FEBRUARY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, SUCH LOANS GREW BY 14.1%.

OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG KONG ROSE FOLLOWING AN FEBRUARY.

2.2% 0.3%

BY 1.8% IN MARCH,

3.7% IN INCREASE OF 8.1% IN JANUARY AND A DECREASE OF YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 17.7%.

IN MARCH, LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE HONG KONG DECREASED BY 0.1% AFTER INCREASES OF 1.6% AND 4.2% IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 14.2%.

LOANS TO FINANCE TRADE NOT TOUCHING HONG KONG DECREASED BY 6.4% OF DURING MARCH,

AFTER AN INCREASE OF 2.8% IN JANUARY AND A DECREASE 1.5% IN FEBRUARY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS DECREASED BY 14.3%.

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

IN

OF

DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, TOTAL LOANS FOR USE HONG KONG (EXCLUDING THOSE FOR TRADE FINANCING) INCREASED BY 6.0%.

FOLLOWING THESE, LOANS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 8.2%,

AND FOURTH QUARTER THIRD THE DECREASES RESPECTIVELY. YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 14.3%.

OF

0.3%

AND

0.9% IN

DEVELOPMENT AND QUARTER, FOLLOWING YEAR-ON-

LOANS TO BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY INVESTMENT SECTOR ROSE BY 5.8% DURING THE FIRST INCREASES OF 8.6% AND 5.3% DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO QUARTERS. YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 31.1%.

8.7% DURING LOANS TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE INCREASED BY

THIRD THE FIRST QUARTER, COMPARED WITH AN INCREASE OF 3.9% DURING THE

QUARTER. YEAR-ON- QUARTER AND A DECREASE OF 3.1% DURING THE FOURTH YEAR, THESE LOANS INCREASED BY 16.1%.

10.6%

LOANS

LOANS TO FINANCIAL CONCERNS (EXCLUDING AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS) DECREASED BY 0.1% THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 3.5% AND

THE DURING INCREASED BY 13.8%.

PRECEDING

TWO

QUARTERS.

YEAR-ON-YEAR,

THESE

/LOANS TO