24-40 Public Expenditure by Function |
|  |  |  | (HKD 100 million) |
Item | 2001/2002 | 2002/2003 | 2003/2004 | 2004/2005 | 2005/2006 |
Community and External Affairs | 82.25 | 80.77 | 80.76 | 77.63 | 79.53 |
Economic | 128.04 | 127.39 | 137.48 | 129.84 | 137.34 |
Education | 526.76 | 552.47 | 547.85 | 541.23 | 555.76 |
Environment and Food | 112.07 | 114.43 | 108.47 | 101.45 | 96.92 |
Health | 342.13 | 331.99 | 342.31 | 322.28 | 316.39 |
Housing | 315.71 | 235.97 | 248.55 | 179.69 | 158.74 |
Infrastructure | 262.72 | 260.34 | 271.33 | 287.74 | 258.87 |
Security | 275.54 | 270.68 | 266.16 | 255.41 | 251.11 |
Social Welfare | 300.59 | 322.82 | 337.86 | 332.85 | 338.26 |
Support | 352.22 | 342.97 | 350.05 | 343.25 | 309.63 |
Total | 2693.59 | 2635.20 | 2710.98 | 2571.37 | 2502.55 |
Notes: Figures for 2005/2006 are revised estimate. |
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 and the Housing Authority. |
Expenditures by those organisations (including statutory organisations) such as the Airport Authority, the MTR Corporation Ltd and the |
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, in which the Government has only an equity position, are not included. 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. |