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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 26

(Chapter 10: Education)

Students Leaving Hong Kong for Overseas Studies §

1991

1992

4 428 # 5 866

4 408 #

5 410

4 541

3 583

2 866

Country

Britain

United States

Canada

Australia

1990

4 349 #

5 840

5 681

5 258

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

(Chapter 10: Education)

3.590

Expenditure on Education

1989-90

Recurrent expenditure

1,513,074

Capital expenditure

382,666

436,545

Grants and subsidies

7,750,317

9,571,778

Grants to Universities and Polytechnic (including rates)

3,613,095

4,228,110

University and Polytechnic Grants Committee

(including university student grants)

80,769

115,071

School year Aug–July 1990-91 1,533,854

$ Thousand

1991-92

1 674 343 492 993

10 287 429 5 991 029

121 464

13,339,921

15,885,358

18 567 258

1,036,754

1,442,391

1 835 277

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

1990

5 704 500

67 731 12.0

1991

5 754 800

68 2811

12.0

1992

5 811 500

70 954 12.3

29 136

28 4291

30 317

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)

5.2

5.01

5.3

5.9

6.5

4.7

3.8

4.0

2.9

0.04

0.06

0.04

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Male

74.6

74.9

75.1

Female

80.3

80.5

80.7

Note:

* Based on registered deaths.

+ Revised figures.

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