	asian dollar assets exceed billion dlrs the asian dollar market continued to expand in december with total assets and liabilities rising to billion u s dlrs from billion in november and billion in december the monetary authority of singapore said it said the increase came mainly from interbank activity with interbank lending rising to billion dlrs in december from billion in november and billion in december interbank deposits increased to billion dlrs against billion and billion respectively loans to non bank customers increased in december to billion dlrs from billion in november and billion in december deposits by non bank customers rose to billion dlrs against billion and billion reuter 
