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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for ORAL answer on14 March 1978
HK TGD.
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
NOON ON MONDAY
13 MARCH, 1978.
Sir Anthony Royle (Richmond): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish how much the Hong Kong Government intends to spend on social services during the forthcoming year; what is that figure as a percentage of total recurrent and capital expenditure; what percentage of the total budget will be spent on public works; how much will be spent on the rented housing programme; what is the size of Hong Kong's investment in major civil engineering works in 1978-79; and if he will publish Hong Kong's budget in the Official Report.
MA John Tom Luison.
The information requested is as follows.
Spending in
Expenditure
Category
Hong Kong Dollars* (Millions)
Social Services
4,374
Percentage of
Total Expenditure
43%
Public Works
1,608
16%
Rented Housing Programme
910
9%
Major Civil Engineering
Projects
1,243
12%
*(£1
HK$8.6 approx.)
The Hong Kong Budget consists of a number of lengthy documents. I am arranging for a complete set to be placed in the Library.
625 D.330614 4M 6/75 Cr.P.C. Gp839/3
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