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Total public expenditure on education in Hong Kong (1)………….continuously from 1995 to 1998. In academic year 1995-6 it (2)……….. HK$33,611 million, (3)…….…… to $39,165 million in 1996-7 and $45,315 million in 1997-8. As a percentage of the government’s budget, spending on education also increased (4) ……….year, from 17.6% to 18% and then to 18.2%. However, the percentage of expenditure spent on primary, secondary and tertiary education did not show the same consistent (5)………..In 1995-6 expenditure on primary education was 22.2% of the education budget, 33.7% (6)……… on secondary, and 35.9% on tertiary. In 1996-7 an increase of 0.8% in spending on tertiary education (7)……....by a (8)………….in spending of 0.7% in primary and 0.5% in secondary schooling. In 1997-8 tertiary spending as a percent of the education budget (9)……..….to its 1995-6 level. The percentage spent on primary education (10)……………..to 21.6% and that on secondary to 33.5%, (11)………..….figures being (12)…………than 1995-6 levels.