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Table 8 |
(Chapter 3: The Economy) |
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Government
Expenditure and the Economy |
HK$ Million |
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Actual
2001-2002
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Actual
2005-2006 |
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Revised
Estimate
2006-2007 |
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Government
Expenditure (see Table 6) |
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Operating Expenditure |
198,743 |
|
192,462 |
|
195,748 |
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Capital Expenditure |
39,842 |
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34,059 |
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31,569 |
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Total Government
Expenditure |
238,585 |
|
226,521 |
|
227,317 |
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Other public
bodies |
30,774 |
|
18,461 |
|
18,246 |
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Total Public
Expenditure |
269,359 |
|
244,982 |
|
245,563 |
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Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) at |
1,298,813 |
|
1,382,651 |
@ |
1,472,291 |
@ |
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current market
prices (1) |
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Growth in GDP(1): |
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Nominal terms |
-1.2% |
|
+7.1% |
@ |
+6.5% |
@ |
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Real terms |
+0.6% |
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+7.5%
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@ |
+6.8% |
@ |
Growth in Public
Expenditure: |
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Nominal terms |
+0.7% |
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-4.7% |
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+0.2% |
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Real terms |
+0.3% |
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-4.1% |
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-0.3% |
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Public Expenditure
as percentage of GDP |
20.7% |
|
17.7% |
|
16.7% |
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