APPENDIX 35
(Chapter 9: Education)
Public Expenditure on Education
APPENDICES
Financial Year (April–March)
1997-98
1998-99*
1999-2000
#
Total expenditure ($ million)
47,027
50,780
55,185
As percentage of public expenditure (%)
20.0
18.5
19.0
As percentage of Gross Domestic Product (%)
3.5
3.9
4.3
Recurrent expenditure ($ million)
36,663
41,645
44,000
Spent on (%)
Primary education
21.6
21.6
22.2
Secondary education
Tertiary education Others (1)
Notes: (1) Include government recurrent expenditure on pre-primary, special education, adult education, technical education
34.3
34.5
34.7
35.4
34.7
33.2
8.7
9.2
9.9
and departmental support.
*
Revised estimates.
# Draft estimates.
Source: Education and Manpower Bureau, Government Secretariat.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2810 2617)
APPENDIX 36
(Chapter 10: Health)
Population and Vital Events
1997
1998
1999
Mid-year population
6 502 100
6 687 200
6 843 000
Crude birth rate (per 1 000 population)
9.1
7.9
7.4#
Crude death rate (per 1 000 population)
4.9
4.9*
4.9#
Infant mortality rate) (per 1 000 registered live births)
4.0
3.2
3.2#
Neonatal mortality rate) (per 1 000 registered live births)
2.2
Post neonatal mortality rate) (per 1 000 registered live births) Maternal mortality rate) (per 100 000 total births) Expectation of life at birth (years)
229
1.5
1.6#
1.9
1.7
1.6#
1.6
1.9*
0.0#
Male
Female
76.8
77.2*
77.2#
82.2
82.6*
82.6#
Notes: (1) Figures are based on registered deaths.
*
Revised figure.
#
Provisional figure.
Sources: Demographic Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department,
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2716 8345)
Department of Health.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 8569)
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