MACAO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Macao's resident deposits for June this year went up slightly by 0.8 percent from the previous month to 198.7 billion patacas (25.2 billion U.S. dollars), according to the figures released on Thursday by the Monetary Authority of the Special Administrative Region (SAR).

    Of the resident deposits, pataca deposits and Hong Kong dollar deposits grew at respectively rates of 2.2 percent and 0.9 percent month-to-month in June while other foreign currency deposits dropped by 1.4 percent, the figures indicated.

    Non-resident deposits rose by 0.1 percent month-to-month to 71.6 billion patacas (9.1 billion dollars) while public sector deposits with local banking sector slid 1.9 percent to 12.8 billion patacas (1.6 billion dollars).

    Combining the various types of deposits, gross deposits with local banking sector increased by 0.5 percent from the previous month to 283.1 billion patacas (35.8 billion dollars) in June, with the shares of pataca and HK dollar standing at 22.4 percent and 45.6 percent respectively, according to the Monetary Authority.