Other Housing Statistics

- Loans and Advances for Use in Hong Kong

  by Economic Sector

Loans and Advances for Use in Hong Kong by Economic Sector (1)
(C) Restricted Licence Banks
HK$ million
Economic sector 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004
Manufacturing 

2,879

3,024

2,499

2,399

2,525
Agriculture and fisheries (2)

23

3

4

4

-
Transport and transport equipment

12,437

13,231

15,251

12,398

12,844
Electricity, gas and telecommunications (3)

582

429

461

438

-
Electricity and gas (4)

-

-

-

-

1
Recreational activities (4)

-

-

-

-

1
Building and construction; property development and investment

9,357

8,794

6,350

5,143

4,720
  Property development and investment

 

 

 

 

 
     Industrial

146

185

196

139

57
     Residential

6,230

5,244

3,976

3,085

2,689
     Commercial

1,520

1,527

874

741

647
     Other properties

1,046

1,249

906

909

1,171
     Sub-total

8,943

8,205

5,953

4,874

4,564
  Others

415

589

397

268

156
Wholesale and retail trade

1,346

1,798

1,445

1,155

988
Information technology (4)

-

-

-

-

70
Mining and quarrying (2)

##

##

1

1

-
Miscellaneous

84,425

82,987

72,888

61,871

42,996
  Hotels, boarding houses and catering

379

426

295

151

27
  Financial concerns (other than all authorised)

1,970

1,575

1,585

2,195

1,217
  Stockbrokers

42

21

18

1

4
  Professional and private individuals

80,261

79,063

68,823

58,783

39,855
    To purchase flats under the "Home Ownership Scheme", the "Private Sector Participation Scheme" and " Tenant Purchase Scheme"

34,355

37,822

33,769

29,322

25,513
    To purchase other residential properties

26,576

21,711

18,215

14,970

12,688
    For other purposes

19,330

19,530

16,840

14,492

1,654
  All others

1,773

1,903

2,167

740

1,894
All economic sectors

111,048

110,266

98,898

83,108

64,144

Notes:

Figures are as at end of the year.

Loans and advances for some economic sectors have been reclassified.  As such, the figures are not strictly comparable with those of previous years.
(1) Figures exclude loans and advances for trade financing.
(2) As from March 2004, figures have been included in "All others" under "Miscellaneous"
(3) As from March 2004, loans for telecommunications have been included in "Information technology" and " "Manufacturing"
(4) Figures prior to 2004 are not available.
(5) Figures include loans for credit card advances, other business purposes and other private purposes. Figures are combined to safeguard confidentiality of information provided by individual authorised institutions.
## Less than half the final digit shown (include magnitude zero).

Source:

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2878 8222), cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2005), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2005 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p. 238.