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Saturday, May 12, 1973
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR FEBRUARY 1973
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The Hong Kong Government accounts for the month of February 1973
show a surplus of $174 million compared with a surplus of $100 million in
February last year.
This has resulted in a total surplus of $1,076 million for the
first eleven months of the 1972-73 financial year.
Total revenue for the month at $495 million was $149 million more
than in February 1972.
The total revenue for the first eleven months of the financial
year 1972-73 at $4,438 million was $1,159 million more than the same period
last year.
Total expenditure amounted to $321 million, an increase of $75
million over the same month last year.
This brings the total expenditure for the first eleven months
of the financial year to $3,362 million, which was $823 million more than the
same period last year,
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