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The Government announced today (October 29) its financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2010.
Expenditure for the period April to September 2010 amounted to $147.4 billion and revenue $129.0 billion, resulting in a deficit of $18.4 billion.
A government spokesman said that the deficit for the period was mainly because some major types of revenue, including salaries and profits taxes, were mostly received towards the end of a financial year.
The fiscal reserves stood at $501.8 billion as at September 30, 2010.
More detailed figures are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
TABLE 1. CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT (Note 1)
Month ended Six months ended
September 30, 2010 September 30, 2010
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HK$ million HK$ million
Revenue 19,237.8 129,001.5
Expenditure (24,195.1) (147,436.5)
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Deficit (4,957.3) (18,435.0)
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Financing
Domestic
Banking Sector 5,101.4 18,052.3
(Note 2)
Non-Banking Sector (144.1) 382.7
External - -
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Total 4,957.3 18,435.0
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Government debts as at September 30, 2010 (Note 3)
HK$11,200.3 million
Debts guaranteed by Government as at September 30, 2010 (Note 4)
HK$66,644.7 million
TABLE 2. FISCAL RESERVES
Month ended Six months ended
September 30, 2010 September 30, 2010
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HK$ million HK$ million
Fiscal Reserves 506,803.7 520,281.4
at start of period
Consolidated Deficit (4,957.3) (18,435.0)
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Fiscal Reserves 501,846.4 501,846.4
at end of period
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Notes:
1. This Account consolidates the General Revenue Account and the following eight funds: Capital Works Reserve Fund, Capital Investment Fund, Civil Service Pension Reserve Fund, Disaster Relief Fund, Innovation and Technology Fund, Land Fund, Loan Fund and Lotteries Fund. It excludes the Bond Fund, the balance of which is not part of the fiscal reserves. The Bond Fund balance as at September 30, 2010, was $19,507.5 million.
2. Includes transactions with the Exchange Fund and resident banks.
3. These are the outstanding institutional notes (including US$1.25 billion denominated in United States dollars) as at September 30, 2010, which will mature within the period August 2014 to July 2019. Bonds of $19,500 million issued under the Government Bond Programme (with proceeds credited to the Bond Fund) are excluded. Of the outstanding bonds, $3,500 million will mature in September 2011 and the rest will mature within the period October 2011 to January 2020.
4. Includes guarantees provided under the Special Finance Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprises launched in 1998, the SME Loan Guarantee Scheme launched in 2001, the Special Loan Guarantee Scheme launched in 2008, the Film Guarantee Fund and the commercial loan of Ocean Park Corporation.
Ends/Friday, October 29, 2010
Issued at HKT 16:34
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