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EXHIBIT 2.4 RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS EXCHANGE LINES IN SERVICE COMPARED WITH HOUSEHOLD AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT SIZE
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
millions
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
1
1
1
Number of domestic households
Number of residential exchange lines in service Number of business establishments (excluding public sector) Number of business exchange lines in service
1977
1978
1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987E
Source: Hong Kong Telephone Company Limited Review of Operations 1986-87
Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 1986. E = Estimate from HKT and Government sources
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