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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 26

(Chapter 10: Education)

Students Leaving Hong Kong for Overseas Studies†

Country

Britain

United States Canada

1988

3 856

4215

3 808

3 147

Australia

Note: Figures are based on the number of student visas issued as supplied by visa-issuing authorities.

* Excluding returned students, students on short courses and Government servants on training courses.

APPENDIX 27

1989

4 539

4 855

5 096

4 678

1990 4 349* 5 840 5681 5 258

(Chapter 10: Education)

Expenditure on Education

$ Thousand

1987-88

School year Aug-July 1988-89

Recurrent expenditure

1,007,949

1,287,298

1989-90 1,513,074

Capital expenditure

192,870

400,536

382,666

Grants and subsidies

5,756,997

6,724,182

7,750,317

Grants to Universities and Polytechnic (including rates)

2,517,180

3,130,198

3,613,095

University and Polytechnic Grants Committee

(including university student grants)

69,665

72,658

80,769

Total

9,544,661

11,614,872

13,339,921

941,008

804,092

1,036,754

Education expenditure by other departments

APPENDIX 28

(Chapter 11: Health)

Vital Statistics

Estimated mid-year population

Births:

Known live births

Crude birth rate (per 1 000 population)

Deaths:

1988

5 681 300

75 412

1989

5 761 400

69 621+

12.2

1990 5 800 600

67 911 11.8

13.3

Known deaths

27 659

28 745+

28 688

Crude death rate (per 1 000 population) Infant mortality rate* (per 1 000 live births) Neo-natal mortality rate* (per 1 000 live births) Maternal mortality rate* (per 1 000 total births)

4.9

5.0

5.0

7.6

6.9

5.9

4.8

4.41

3.8

0.04

0.06

0.04

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Male

74.4

74.3+

74.6

Female

79.9

80.1+

80.3

Note:

Revised figures.

Based on registered deaths.