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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 26

(Chapter 10: Education)

Students Leaving Hong Kong for Overseas Studies*

Country

Britain

United States

Canada

Australia

1989

4 539

4 855

5 096

4 678

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

1990

1991

4 3498

4 4288

5 840

5 866

5 681

4 541

5 258

3.590

(Chapter 10: Education)

Expenditure on Education

$ Thousand

1988-89

School year Aug–July 1989-90

Recurrent expenditure

1,287,298

1,513,074

1990-91 1,533,854

Capital expenditure

400,536

382,666

436,545

Grants and subsidies

6,724,182

7,750,317

9,571,778

Grants to Universities and Polytechnic (including rates)

3,130,198

3,613,095

4,228,110

University and Polytechnic Grants Committee

(including university student grants)

72,658

80,769

115,071

11,614,872

13,339,921

15,885,358

804,092

1,036,754

1,442,391

Total

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:

Known deaths

Crude death rate (per 1 000 population)

1989

5 686 200+

1990 5 704 500+

1991

5 754 800

69 621

12.31

28 745

67 731

68 508

12.0

12.0

29 1361

28 075

5.11

5.2+

Infant mortality rate* (per 1 000 live births)

6.9

5.9

Neo-natal mortality rate* (per 1 000 live births) Maternal mortality rate* (per 1 000 total births)

4.4

3.8

0.06

0.04

0.06

889030

4.9

6.5

4.0

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Male

74.21

74.6t

74.9

Female

80.0‡

80.3‡

80.5

Note: Revised figures, using latest available statistics and the 1991 Census results.

* Based on registered deaths.

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