23-35 Public Expenditure by Function |
|  |  | (HKD 100 million) |
Item | 1997/1998 | 1998/1999 | 1999/2000 | 2000/2001 | 2001/2002+ |
Community and External Affairs | 81.12 | 86.32 | 91.30 | 82.62 | 84.75 |
Economic | 170.64 | 214.21 | 122.72 | 124.86 | 141.02 |
Education | 470.27 | 484.79 | 503.07 | 514.08 | 525.97 |
Environment | 130.77 | 133.46 | 124.96 | 113.37 | 113.29 |
Health | 279.82 | 314.00 | 318.94 | 327.53 | 340.16 |
Housing | 246.51 | 388.50 | 458.72 | 426.06 | 331.87 |
Infrastructure | 211.66 | 231.32 | 229.33 | 228.20 | 249.41 |
Security | 237.64 | 251.15 | 258.82 | 267.43 | 280.63 |
Social Welfare | 217.10 | 263.77 | 276.16 | 281.65 | 307.31 |
Support | 302.27 | 296.96 | 310.82 | 309.27 | 357.10 |
Total | 2347.80 | 2664.48 | 2694.84 | 2675.07 | 2731.51 |
Notes: Public expenditure, also known as Consolidated Public Sector expenditure, includes government expenditure, total expenditure of the trading |
funds, the Housing Authority and the previous Provisional Urban and Regional Councils (up to 31 December 1999), and payments from the |
Lotteries Fund. Where appropriate, historical figures have been adjusted to comply with the current classification of expenditure. |
+Revised estimate. |