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Saturday, April 7, 1973

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR JANUARY 1973

The Hong Kong Government accounts for the month of January 1973

show a surplus of $343 million compared with a surplus of $186 million

in January last year.

This has resulted in a total surplus of $902 million for the

first ten months of the financial year 1972-73.

Total revenue for the month at $711 million was $237 million

more than in January 1972. The total revenue for the first ten months

of the financial year 1972-73 at 33,943 million was $1,010 million more

than the same period last year.

Total expenditure amounted to $368 million, an increase of $80 million

over the same month last year.

This brings the total expenditure for the first ten months of

the financial year to $3,041 million, which was $748 million more than

the same period last year.

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