- 3
Magnitude
% change over
Statistical variables
Unit
4th
quarter 1992
1st-4th quarter
4th
1st-4th
1992
quarter 1991
quarter 1991
CARGO TRAINS **
Arrived from China
No.
926
3 359
15.3
10.6
Departed for China
No.
161
572
75.0
56.3
TRUCKS
Arrived from China
'000
848
3 141
12.0
13.1
Departed for China
'000
855
3 157
12.5
13.1
SHIPS #
Arrived from China as first
country of call
No.
2 865
9 312
57.1
මට
33.2
Departed for China as last
country of call
No.
2 810 @
9 196 @
53.6 @@
32.8 @@
VISITORS FROM HONG KONG TO CHINA
Hong Kong residents
Foreigners going through
Hong Kong to China
VISITORS FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG
'000
5 576
21 461
10.1
12.6
'000
476
1 733
23.3
27.8
Group tour
'000
58
205
42.6
29.4
2-way permit holders
'000
44
160
14.7
14.3
PRC passport holders
'000
110
320
81.3
42.1
(including transit visitors)
PRC OFFICIALS IN HONG KONG
(End of period figure)
Total
'000
18.5
13
Employed in PRC enterprises
'000
8.8
-19
HKD/RMB OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATE
HKD per
1.3709 1.4041
-4.8
-3.9
(Average for the period)
unit RMB
**
Excluding cargo trains with nil cargo.
Provisional figures.
@@ Percentage changes based on revised figures for same periods last year.
Referring to ocean-going vessels only.