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.