APPENDICES
APPENDIX 26
(Chapter 10: Education)
Students Leaving Hong Kong for Overseas Studies §
1991
1992
4 428 # 5 866
4 408 #
5 410
4 541
3 583
2 866
Country
Britain
United States
Canada
Australia
1990
4 349 #
5 840
5 681
5 258
Note: Figures are based on the number of student visas issued as supplied by visa-issuing authorities.
#Excluding returned students, students on short courses and Government servants on training courses.
APPENDIX 27
(Chapter 10: Education)
3.590
Expenditure on Education
1989-90
Recurrent expenditure
1,513,074
Capital expenditure
382,666
436,545
Grants and subsidies
7,750,317
9,571,778
Grants to Universities and Polytechnic (including rates)
3,613,095
4,228,110
University and Polytechnic Grants Committee
(including university student grants)
80,769
115,071
School year Aug–July 1990-91 1,533,854
$ Thousand
1991-92
1 674 343 492 993
10 287 429 5 991 029
121 464
13,339,921
15,885,358
18 567 258
1,036,754
1,442,391
1 835 277
Total
Education expenditure by other departments
APPENDIX 28
(Chapter 11: Health)
Vital Statistics
Estimated mid-year population
Births:
Known live births
Crude birth rate (per 1 000 population)
Deaths:
Known deaths
1990
5 704 500
67 731 12.0
1991
5 754 800
68 2811
12.0
1992
5 811 500
70 954 12.3
29 136
28 4291
30 317
Crude death rate (per 1 000 population) Infant mortality rate* (per 1 000 live births) Neo-natal mortality rate* (per 1 000 live births) Maternal mortality rate* (per 1 000 total births)
5.2
5.01
5.3
5.9
6.5
4.7
3.8
4.0
2.9
0.04
0.06
0.04
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Male
74.6
74.9
75.1
Female
80.3
80.5
80.7
Note:
* Based on registered deaths.
+ Revised figures.
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