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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO:291 OF 9 MARCH 78,

INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

YOUR TELNO.196: QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET BY SIR ANTHONY ROYLE.

1. AS REGARDS QUESTION (A), WE SUGGEST ADDING THAT TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR 1978-79 OF H.K DOLLARS 10,266 MILLION REPRESENTS

AN INCREASE OF TWENTY SIX PER CENT ON THE REVISED ESTIMATE OF

TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR 1977-78.

2. AS REGARDS QUESTION (B), FURTHER INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS:-

(1)

SOCIAL SERVICES EXPENDITURE OF H.K DOLLARS 4,374 MILLION OR FORTY THREE PER CENT. OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE REPRESENTS AN

INCREASE OF THIRTY FIVE PER CENT ON THE REVISED ESTIMATE FOR

1977-78.

(11) EXPENDITURE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME WILL BE H.K

DOLLARS 1,608 MILLION, OR SIXTEEN PER CENT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE,

AND IS AN INCREASE OF NINETEEN PER CENT ON THE REVISED ESTIMATE

FOR 1977-78.

(111) EXPENDITURE ON MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN THE

PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME WILL BE H.K DOLLARS 1,243 MILLION SPREAD

OVER NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED PROJECTS, WITH A TOTAL OUTSTANDING CON AT 31ST MARCH 1978 OF H.K DOLLARS 7,900 MILLION.

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