licensed status, loans extended by licensed deposit-takin
companies grew by a substantial 49.6%, while those extended by registered deposit-taking companies grew by 0.18(10).
3.9
During the first half, loans and advances to finance
Hong Kong's external trade grew by 7.4%. This was made up of
a fall of 1% during the first quarter and an increase of 8.4% during the second
the second quarter. Other loans and advances for use
in Hong Kong rose moderately, by 6.8% during the first half, compared with the fairly rapid increase of 10.7% during the
previous six months. Of the $200,096 million outstanding
"other" loans and advances for use in Hong Kong at the end of
June, $18,340 million, or 9.2%, were extended to firms in the
manufacturing sector and $49,271 million, or 24.6%, to firms
in the building, construction and property development
sector. These levels were, respectively, 8.3% above and 0.5%
below those at
at the end of 1982. The corresponding increases
during the second half of 1982 were 3.2% and 14.2%. So while
the manufacturing and external trade sectors have shown a
(10)
/revival ...
Growth rates of
loans and advances to customers (%)
Loans by
Loans by
licensed
Loans by registered
banks
dtcs
dtcs
Total
1982 Hồ
+15.6
-7.6
+13.4
H2
+11.6
+44.2
+11.6
+13.4
1983 Hl
+8.4
+49.6
+0.1
+8.9
As at end of
June 1983
($mn)
226,336
35,599
98,841
360,776
*
Not applicable
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