23-41 Public Expenditure by Policy Area Group
	(HKD 100 million)
Item	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010
Community and External Affairs	77.94	80.26	82.10	385.81*	141.44
Economic	170.87*	138.48*	135.63*	249.75*	188.28
Education	542.65	519.34	538.25	749.95*	587.66
Environment and Food	96.81	101.88	120.51	123.91*	136.19
Health	316.16	321.27	336.23	367.06*	386.55
Housing	154.05	146.71	143.36	174.03*	173.22
Infrastructure	323.65*	291.59*	263.80*	292.38*	474.09
Security	247.92	251.22	279.85	279.99*	298.12
Social Welfare	332.62	335.40	348.68	392.48*	409.58
Support	252.65*	262.53*	276.54*	294.32*	307.67
Total	2515.32*	2448.68*	2524.95*	3309.68*	3102.80
Notes: Figures for 2009/2010 are revised estimate.
Public expenditure comprises government expenditure, expenditure by the Trading Funds and expenditure by the Housing Authority.  It does
not include expenditure by those organisations including statutory organisations, in which the Government has only an equity position, such
as the Airport Authority and the MTR Corporation Ltd.