24-39 Government Expenditure (General Revenue Account and Funds)
					(HKD 100 million)
Item	1999/2000	2000/2001	2001/2002	2002/2003	2003/2004
Operating Expenditure
Recurrent Expenditure
Personal Emoluments	464.88	504.97	519.09	509.66	492.63
Personnel Related Expenses	50.35	51.16	48.70	48.30	48.81
Pensions	82.54	93.81	128.99	121.07	134.82
Departmental Expenses	101.84	129.34	143.66	155.63	150.73
Other Charges	295.90	303.55	313.28	336.55	346.28
Subventions
Education	222.82	238.60	251.37	258.94	257.98
Health	276.09	282.21	295.46	295.53	291.12
Social Welfare	60.65	64.53	69.60	68.18	69.22
Universities and Polytechnics	137.11	131.31	132.58	131.89	129.04
Vocational Training Council	21.16	20.39	20.67	20.05	19.26
Miscellaneous	25.79	25.35	32.52	34.24	33.02
Other Non-recurrent	20.08	21.64	31.51	23.06	59.43
Total Operating Expenditure	1759.21	1866.86	1987.43	2003.10	2032.34
Capital Expenditure
Plant, Equipment and Works Subventions	13.72	8.53	9.84	9.52	7.64
Education	3.85	4.64	3.98	4.13	3.55
Health	4.11	3.71	3.85	3.99	3.73
Vocational Training Council	0.19	0.67	1.07	0.71	0.37
Miscellaneous	1.39	1.10	0.70	0.70	2.57
Funds
Capital Works Reserve Funds	294.90	305.77	303.30	309.19	344.86
Capital Investment Fund	85.10	81.02	3.05	29.40	42.53
(Equity Investments)
Loan Fund	65.80	53.10	72.77	27.89	21.81
Disaster Relief Fund	0.32	0.43	0.08	0.19	0.16
Innovation and Technology Fund	1.84	3.10	2.83	2.95	4.71
Lotteries Fund	-	-	-	-	10.39
Total Capital Expenditure and Equity	471.22	462.07	401.47	388.67	442.32
Investments
Total Government Expenditure and	2230.43	2328.93	2388.90	2391.77	2474.66
Equity Investments