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Vessels entered
Tonnage entered
Passengers landed
Cargo tons landed
Vessels cleared
Cargo tons loaded
Tonnage cleared
Passengers embarked
Marine
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Appendix
(Chapter 13:
Communication
for the year ending
Mechanized vessels under
XXXVIII Communications) Statistics
December 31, 1967
Passenger Journeys by Public Transport: Annual
Traffics by Undertakings (Millions)
Ocean-
going
River steamers
Junks
300 tons
1959
6,565
22,282,600 26,078 7,091,928
10,380 3,543,754
9,836 1,477,243
5,073
1960
Total KMB 721.332 322.077 809.447 380.712
CMB
HKT 87.180 172.763 106.288 175.332
HYF 97.186
SFC
KCR
37.039
5.087
101.983
39.384
5.748
347,863
1961
890.716
435.515
1962
1,015,493
974.777
1963
6,550 30,160*
8,514 10,287
1,047,322 9,752
295,802
1964
5,069
1965
985,906
1966
2,417,344
8,217
21,970,513 3,529,899
144,557 1,459,445
1,000
1967
120.120 481.569 134.196 189.000 1,032.576 515.172 143.026 190.920 126.990 1,090.195 546.579 158,209 182.454 144.611 1,162.710 593.221 169.256 181.767 155.499 1,237.516 643.120 186.561 181.589 161.180 1,054.590 515.539 169.151 154.117 158.524
180.585
106.765
41.864
5.867
117.228
46.630
6.154
49.196
7.272
50.460
7.882
54.491
8.476
56.332
8.734
48.625
8.634
352,576
* Includes 2,410 Emigrants.
Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section
Length of line
Main points of call...
Passengers carried
Passenger kilometres
Freight carried (metric tons)
Total revenue
Net operating revenue
Capital expenditure
157,596,048
606,028.4
$12,680,718.78 $ 2,246,327.42
$
9,553,124 170,300,142
1,036,927.3 $16,395,084.86
$ 6,957,147.57
1959
1960
1961
Main line-22 miles
1962
Total length of line-35 miles
1963
New Territories (Hong Kong)
1964
1965
1967
9,158,506
1966
1966
1967
Annual Traffics by Geographical Areas (Millions)
Cross
New Harbour Territories
131.647 31.390
137.981 36.691
Urban
HK Total
Kowloon Área
Island 721.332 689.942 259.943 298.352 809.447 772.756 281.620 353.155 890.716 840.066 300.705 394.500 144.861 50.650 974.777 913.101 323.196 430.678 159.227 61.676 1,032.576 961.483 333.946 456.698 170.839 71.093 1,090.195 1,007.695 340.663 478.123 188.909 82.500 1,162.710 1,072.985 351.023 518.924 203.038 89.725 1,237.516 1,147,206 368.150 568.817 210.239 90.310 1,054.590 986.046 323.268 462.559 200.219 68.544
Annual Traffics by Geographical Areas
(Index Numbers: Base 1959-100)
Urban
HK
614,520.04
$ 2,077,998.08
Total
Kowloon
Area
Island
Cross
New Harbour Territories
1959
100
100
100
100
100
100
1960
112
112
108
118
105
117
1961
Air Traffic
123
122
116
132
110
161
1962
135
132
124
144
121
196
1963
143
139
% increase
128
153
130
226
1964
In
Out
as compared
151
146
131
160
143
263
1965
161
156
135
with 1966
174
154
286
1966
172
166
142
191
160
288
Passenger aircraft
Passengers
14,931 608,128
14,937
+23.5%
1967
146
143
124
155
152
218
621,107
+10.7%
Freight (kilos)
Mail (kilos)
5,913,550 1,138,756
20,599,090
+22.1%
Postal Traffic
1,724,996
+15.4%
Vehicles
The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on December 31, 1967 was 100,982. This represented an overall increase of 6,476 over 1966. There is now a density of 163.2 vehicles for every mile of roadway.
Private cars (including 45 on Lantau Island) .
Motor cycles (including scooters and 3 on Lantau Island)
Motor tricycles
1966
1967
Number of post offices
Total revenue
49
54
$95 m
$100 m
Value of remittance business (Money orders and postal orders issued
and paid)....
$67 m
$ 65 m
Wireless licences issued
179,467
30,954*
Tons of mail despatched by air
1,282
1,476
Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway
354,989
312,816
* Broadcast Receiving Licence Fees Suspended (February 28, 1967).
60,949
11,485
Telegraph and Radio Traffic
112
Telegrams accepted for transmission
1966 1,292,970
1967 1,332,831
Taxis
3,649
Telegrams received ...
1,534,585 1,529,488
Buses (including 9 on Lantau Island)
2,041
Telegrams handled in transit
783,416
858,620
Goods vehicles (including 77 on Lantau Island)
15,378
Dual purpose vehicles-Private car/Goods vehicle (including 5 on Lantau Island) Public cars (including 7 on Lantau Island)
2,295
Telex Calls--outward minutes
Telex Calls-inward minutes
495,846
604,171
539,262
706,881
936
International telephone calls-outward minutes
1,278,245
1,798,499
Crown vehicles
Rickshaws
Pedal tricycles
Trailers
2,522
International telephone calls—inward minutes
1,556,767
2,543,193
804
Pictures transmitted
304
560
Pictures received
18,042
734
19,278
:
77
Harbourphone calls
787,224
811,708
Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours
33,187
28,436
Total
:
100,982
Meteorological broadcasts and reception services--number of hours Inland telegrams
80,792
82,548
7,036
7,043