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Financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2013
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     The Government announced today (July 31) its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2013.

     Expenditure for the period April to June 2013 amounted to HK$88.6 billion and revenue HK$77.5 billion, resulting in a deficit of HK$11.1 billion.

     A government spokesperson 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 HK$722.8 billion as at June 30, 2013.

     More detailed figures are shown in Tables 1 and 2.

TABLE 1.   CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT (Note 1)

                   Month ended    Three months ended
                  June 30, 2013      June 30, 2013
                  -------------   ------------------
                   HK$ million        HK$ million

Revenue             15,170.4           77,538.7
Expenditure        (31,849.0)         (88,683.4)
                  -------------   ------------------
Deficit            (16,678.6)         (11,144.7)
                  -------------   ------------------

Financing
 Domestic
  Banking Sector    16,654.9           10,035.3
   (Note 2)
  Non-Banking Sector    23.7            1,109.4
 External               -                 -
                  -------------   ------------------
Total               16,678.6           11,144.7
                  -------------   ------------------

Government Debts as at June 30, 2013 (Note 3)
  HK$11,196.3 million
Debts Guaranteed by Government as at June 30, 2013 (Note 4)
  HK$79,500.1 million

TABLE 2.   FISCAL RESERVES

                   Month ended    Three months ended
                  June 30, 2013      June 30, 2013
                  -------------   ------------------
                   HK$ million        HK$ million

Fiscal Reserves     739,448.0          733,914.1
at start of period

Consolidated Deficit(16,678.6)         (11,144.7)
                  -------------   ------------------

Fiscal Reserves     722,769.4          722,769.4
at end of period
                  -------------   ------------------

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 June 30, 2013, is HK$87,912 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 June 30, 2013, which will mature within the period from August 2014 to July 2019. The outstanding bonds of HK$83,500 million issued under the Government Bond Programme (with proceeds credited to the Bond Fund) are excluded. Of these bonds, HK$7,000 million will mature within the period from July 2013 to June 2014 and the rest within the period from July 2014 to January 2023.

4. Includes guarantees provided under the SME Loan Guarantee Scheme launched in 2001, the Special Loan Guarantee Scheme launched in 2008, the Special Concessionary Measures under the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme launched in 2012, the Film Guarantee Fund and the commercial loan of the Ocean Park Corporation.

Ends/Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Issued at HKT 16:30

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