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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1994

PROPERTY

BY 4.3% THIS TWO QUARTERS.

LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW QUARTER, COMPARED WITH 5.9% AND 1.4% IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR-ON-YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 18.8%.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED BANKS INCREASED BY TWO TO 172. 56 WHILE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED LICENCE BANK DECREASED BY ONE TO THAT OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 139.

THE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TABLE 1 SETS OUT SUMMARY FIGURES FOR MARCH 1994 AND COMPARISONS FROM THE QUARTERLY EARLIER WITH

MONTHS. TABLE 2 PRESENTS FIGURES ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR.

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