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Table 24 |
(Chapter 7: Education) |
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Government
Expenditure on Education |
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Financial
Year (April-March) |
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2001-2002
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(1) |
2005-2006 |
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2006-2007 |
(2) |
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Total expenditure
(HK$ million) |
52,676 |
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53,911 |
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53,053 |
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As percentage
of total government expenditure
(%) |
22.0 |
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23.8 |
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23.3 |
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As percentage
of Gross Domestic |
4.1 |
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3.8 |
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3.6 |
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Product (GDP)
(%) |
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Recurrent expenditure
(HK$ million) |
46,688 |
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44,190 |
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44,873 |
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Spent on (%) |
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Primary education |
22.3 |
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23.4 |
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22.9 |
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Secondary education |
33.9 |
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36.3 |
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36.5 |
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Tertiary education |
30.7 |
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28.2 |
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28.3 |
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Others(3) |
13.1 |
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12.1 |
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12.3 |
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