由于收入下降,香港财政赤字预测几乎翻了三倍,达到128.5亿美元。 Hong Kong's fiscal deficit forecast nearly triples to $12.85 billion due to falling revenues.
香港财政秘书陈保罗(Paul Chan)将本市三月底财政赤字预测订正为1 000亿港元(128.5亿美元), Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, revised the city's fiscal deficit forecast for the year ending March to HK$100 billion ($12.85 billion), more than doubling the initial projection of HK$48.1 billion. 增加的主要原因是资产市场疲软,减少了政府从土地销售和邮票税中获得的收入。 The increase is largely due to a struggling asset market, which has reduced government revenue from land sales and stamp duties. 赤字与上一年的1016亿港元相似。 The deficit is similar to the previous year's level of HK$101.6 billion.