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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1975

GRAPHIC GUIDE TO BUDGET AVAILABLE

AN EASY GUIDE TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LATE LAST MONTH, HAS BEEN PREPARED IN A HANDY-SIZED EIGHT-PAGE BOOKLET NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

IT IS THE 1975-76 BUDGET: A GRAPHIC GUIDE. A BI-LINGUAL PUBLICATION WHICH FORMS ONE OF A SERIES PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET DEBATE.

THE BOOKLET, IN TWO-TONE GREEN

IN TWO-TONE GREEN, AND CARRYING THE NOW FAMILIAR AND DISTINCTIVE BUDGET DESIGN OF A HONG KONG DOLLAR AND A DATCH OF COMPUTER CARDS, IS AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES. CITY DISTRICT OFFICES WILL ALSO HAVE COPIES LATER THIS WEEK.

THE CONTENTS OF THE GRAPHIC GUIDE INCLUDE A SIMPLE VISUAL CHART SHOWING THE MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUE AND ANOTHER GIVING THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE ON MAJOR SERVICES.

THERE ARE ALSO GRAPHS TO SHOW HOW EXPENDITURE ON VARIOUS SERVICES HAS GROWN SINCE 1964-65 AND HOW BOTH REVENUE AND EXPEND- ITURE HAVE CLIMBED DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

ALSO AVAILABLE FREE ON REQUEST AT GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES ARE THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE BUDGET SPEECH.

ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5 IS A 33-PAGE BOOKLET ENTITLED THE 1975-76 BUDGET: ECONOMIC BACKGROUND+, A COMPANION VOLUME IS THE ESTIMATES OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 1961-1973+ PRICED AT $4 A COPY.

NOTE TO EDITORS: COPIES OF THE GRAPHIC GUIDE TO BUDGET WILL BE

BOXED SEPARATELY FOR COLLECTION TODAY.

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