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