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Table 6

(Chapter 3: The Economy)

Public Expenditure by Function

APPENDICES

$ Million

Actual 1998-1999

Actual 2002-2003

Revised Estimate 2003-2004

Item

Recurrent

Capital

Total

Recurrent

Capital

Total

Recurrent

Capital

Total

Community and external affairs

District and community relations

1,412

111

1,523

1,828

223

2,051

1,836

257

2,093

Recreation, culture and amenities

5,429

1,680

7,109

5,409

617

6,026

5,514

919

6,433

Sub-total

6,841

1,791

8,632

7,237

840

8,077

7,350

1,176

8,526

Economic

10,225

11,196

21,421

10,575

3,173 13,748

10.857

4.704

15,561

Education

40,892

7,587

48,479

46,992

7,793

54,785

46,761

10,987

57,748

Environment & food

7,931

5,415

13,346

8,512

2,931

11,443

8,315

2,898

11,213

Health

28,790

2,610

31,400

32,352

847

33,199

31,706

2,779

34,485

Housing

11,891

26,959 38,850

11,445

12,586

24,031

11,849 16,005

27,854

Infrastructure

Buildings, lands and planning

2,578

5,683

8,261

3,157

6,228

9.385

3.129

6,557

9,686

Transport

2,664

3,992

6,656

2,987

4,745

7,732

2,928

6,992

9,920

Water supply

4,926

3,289

8,215

5,369

2,104

7,473

5,335

1,422

6,757

Sub-total

10,168 12,964

23,132

11,513

13,077

24,590

11,392

14,971

26,363

Security

Immigration

1,988

46

2,034

2,252

279

2,531

2,291

514

2,805

Internal security

18,230

1.304

19,534

18,825

2,260 21,085

18,743

2,408

21,151

Other

3,240

307

3,547

3,363

89

3,452

3,449

51

3,500

Sub-total

23,458

1,657

25.115

24.440

2,628

27,068

24,483

2,973

27,456

Social welfare

25,327

1,050 26.377

31,264

1,018

32,282

Support

22,334

7,362 29,696

27,398

6,899

34,297

32,512

29,235

1,485 33,997

6.745

35,980

Total

187,857 78,591 266,448

211,728

51,792

263,520

214,460 64,723 279,183

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)

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