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Table 6

(Chapter 3: The Economy)

Public Expenditure by Function

APPENDICES

$ Million

Actual 1997–1998

Actual 2001-2002

Revised Estimate 2002-2003

Item

Recurrent

Capital

Totul

Recurrent

Capital

Total

Recurrent

Capital

Total

Community and external affairs

District and community relations

1,292

198

1.490

1,746

98

1,844

1,888

276

2,164

Recreation, culture and amenities

5,022

1.600

6,622

5,502

879

6.381

5,650

684

6,334

Sub-total

6,314

1,798

8,112

7,248

977

8,225

7,538

960

8,498

Economic

10,021

7,043 17,064

10,813

2,901

13.714

11,024

3,681

14.705

Education

36.663

10,364

47,027

46,244

5,988

52,232

47,277

7,616 54,893

Environment & food

7,270

5,807

13,077

8,212

2.995

11,207

8,612

3,025

11,637

Health

26,032

1.950

27,982

31,960

2,253

34,213

32,462

1.439

33,901

Housing

11,357

13,294

24,651

12,331

19,724

32,055

12,771

16,280 29,051

Infrastructure

Buildings, lands and planning

2,435

5,153

7,588

3.089

7,679

10,768

3,196

6,346

9,542

Transport

2.410

4,802

7.212

2,905

3,494

6,399

3,047

4,947

7,994

Water supply

4,489

1.877

6,366

5,306

2,405

7,711

5,365

2,077

7,442

Sub-total

9,334

11,832

21,166

11,300

13,578

24,878

11,608

13,370

24,978

Security

Immigration

1,841

94

1,935

2,236

65

2,301

2,265

341

2,606

Internal security

17,348

1,486 18,834

18,953

2,726

21,679

19,131

2,454 21,585

Other

2,852

143

2,995

3,388

186

3,574

3,564

105

3,669

Sub-total

22,041

1,723

23,764

24,577

2,977

27,554

24,960

2,900

27,860

Social welfare

20,337

1,373

21,710

29,037

1,022

30,059

31,463

1,099

32,562

Support

23,050

7,177

30,227

28,723

6,499

35,222

27,924

7,046 34,970

Total

172,419

62,361

234,780

210,445 58,914

269,359

215,639 57,416 273,055

Notes: Public expenditure comprises government expenditure (i.e. all expenditure charged to the General Revenue Account and financed by the Government's statutory funds excluding Capital Investment Fund), and expenditure by the Trading Funds, the Housing Authority, the Lotteries Fund and the previous Provisional Urban Council and Provisional Regional Council (up to 31 December 1999). Expenditure by institutions in the private or quasi-private sector is included to the extent of their subventions. But not included is expenditure by those organisations, including statutory organisations, in which the Government has only an equity position, such as the Airport Authority, the MTR Corp Ltd and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. Similarly, advances and equity investments from the Capital Investment Fund are excluded as they do not reflect the actual consumption of resources by the Government.

Where appropriate, historical figures have been adjusted to comply with the current classification of expenditure.

Source: Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Government Secretariat.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2810 3658)