Table 9

(Chapter 4: Financial and Monetary Affairs)
Deposits, Loans and Advances of Authorised Institutions
  1997   2001   2002  
             
Number of authorised institutions            
  in operation            
  Licensed banks 180   146   133  
  Restricted licence banks 65   49   46  
  Deposit-taking companies 115   54   45  
  Total 360   249   224  
    (–2.2)   (–4.2)   (–10.0)  
               
Deposits from            
  customers (1)(2) (HK$ billion)            
  Licensed banks 2,643.8   3,366.6   3,276.0  
  Restricted licence banks 51.9   33.4   35.9  
  Deposit-taking companies 14.5   6.5   5.9  
  Total 2,710.3   3,406.5   3,317.8  
    (—)   (–3.4)   (–2.6)  
               
Loans and advances for use in            
  Hong Kong (1)(3) (HK$ billion)            
  Licensed banks 1,840.4   1,647.7   1,618.8  
  Restricted licence banks 135.0   110.3   98.9  
  Deposit-taking companies 61.9   32.1   25.3  
  Total 2,037.3   1,790.1   1,743.0  
    (+24.4)   (–3.8)   (–2.6)  
               
Total loans and advances to            
  customers (1) (HK$ billion)            
  Licensed banks 3,875.9   2,028.0   1,937.2  
  Restricted licence banks 163.5   122.4   112.3  
  Deposit-taking companies 82.3   34.6   27.3  
  Total 4,121.7   2,185.0   2,076.9  
    (+5.3)   (–11.2)   (–4.9)  
Notes: Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year.
  (1) Figures are revised on a monthly basis to take into account any subsequent amendments submitted by authorised institutions.
  (2) As from June 2002, short-term Exchange Fund placements of less than one month are included under time deposits as part of the monetary aggregates. The revised data series are backdated to April 1997. As such, figures of end 1997 cannot be compared directly with those of previous years.
  (3) Excluding loans for trade financing.
Source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
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