Hong Kong Higher Education Reform Research Project
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The Budget of the Hong Kong government

Tables 1, 2, and 3
Public expenditure on education 1992 - 2002
Primary/Secondary, Vocational, and University
graphs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Table 1 - Government operating expenditure 1992 to 2002 by category of expenditure on education.

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 1992-1993 1995-1996 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
               
Education1 10,921 15,632 18,877 21,082 22,282 23,860 25,137
Vocational 901 1,497 1,806 1,968 2,116 2,039 2,067
Universities 5,614 9385 11792 13189 13711 13131 13258
               
Total expenditure on education 17,436 26,514 32,475 36,239 38,109 39,030 40,462
Government Operating Expenditure 85024 121903 160566 177406 175921 186686 198743
Source: Hong Kong SAR Government. 2002. General Revenue Account and Funds. Table 10.4 General Expenditure.
Note1: Education here apparently refers to all forms of recurrent public expenditure on education not included in either of the other two categories.
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Table 2 - Government operating expenditure 1992 to 2002 - Percent changes by category of expenditure on education.

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 1992-1993 1995-1996 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
               
Education1 0.431 0.208 0.117 0.057 0.071 0.054
Vocational 0.661 0.206 0.090 0.075 -0.036 0.014
Universities 0.672 0.256 0.118 0.040 -0.042 0.010
               
Total expenditure on education 0.521 0.225 0.116 0.052 0.024 0.037
Government Operating Expenditure 0.434 0.317 0.105 -0.008 0.061 0.065
Source: Hong Kong SAR Government. 2002. General Revenue Account and Funds. Table 10.4 General Expenditure.
Note1: Education here apparently refers to all forms of recurrent public expenditure on education not included in either of the other two categories.
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Table 3 - Recurrent government operating expenditure on education 1992 to 2002 - Percent comparison by category of education

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   1992-1993 1995-1996 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
                 
Percent of total expenditure on education Education1

0.128

0.128

0.118

0.119

0.127

0.128

0.126
Vocational

0.011

0.012

0.011

0.011

0.012

0.011

0.010
Universities

0.066

0.077

0.073

0.074

0.078

0.070

0.067
                 
Percent of total government operating expenditure Total expenditure on education

0.205

0.218

0.202

0.204

0.217

0.209

0.204
Source: Hong Kong SAR Government. 2002. General Revenue Account and Funds. Table 10.4 General Expenditure.
Note1: Education here apparently refers to all forms of recurrent public operating expenditure on education not included in either of the other two categories.
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