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Table 8

(Chapter 3: The Economy)

Government Expenditure and the Economy

Appendices

6

HK$ Million

Revised

Actual

Actual

estimate

2007-08

2011-12

2012-13

Government Expenditure (see Table 6)

Operating Expenditure

204,734

296,446

304,828

Capital Expenditure

30,081

67,591

75,787

Total Government Expenditure

234,815

364,037

380,615

Other public bodies

17,680

21,604

24,912

Total Public Expenditure

252,495

385,641

405,527

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at

1,650,756

1,936,058@

2,040,104@

current market prices(1)

Nominal growth in GDP(1)

+9.8%

+9.0%@

+5.4%@

Growth in Public Expenditure

+3.1%

+20.3%

+5.2%

Public Expenditure as percentage of GDP

15.3%

19.9%

19.9%

Note: (1) Figures refer to calendar years of 2007, 2011 and 2012.

Source: Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Government Secretariat

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