APPENDICES

APPENDIX 26

(Chapter 10: Education)

Students Leaving Hong Kong for Overseas Studies §

Country

Britain

United States

1991 4 428 # 5866

1992

4 408 # 5 410

Canada

Australia

4 541

3.590

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)

3.583 2866

1993 3477#

5 025

2 828

3 153

Expenditure on Education

$ Thousand

1990-91

Recurrent expenditure

1,533,854

School year Aug-July 1991-92 1,674,343

=

- Capital expenditure

436,545

492,993

Grants and subsidies

9,571,778

10,287,429

Grants to Universities and Polytechnic (including rates)

4,228,110

5,991,029

1992-93 1,876,084 364,557 11,580,316 7,413,072

University and Polytechnic Grants Committee

(including university student grants)

115,071

121,464

162,567

15,885,358

18,567,258

21,396,596

1,442,391

1,835,277

2,455,577

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

| 1

1991

5 754 800

1992

5811 500

1993

5 919 000

68 281 12.0

70 949‡

12.3

70 476 12.0

28 429

30 5501

30 247

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)

5.0

5.3

5.1

6.5

4.9

4.7

4.0

2.9

2.8

0.06

0.06

0.04

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Male

75.1

74.8

75.1

Female

80.6

80.51

80.8

Note:

* Based on registered deaths.

Revised figures.

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