350
351
Marine
Ocean-
going
River
Junks
Mechanized vessels under
steamers
Appendi
(Chapter 13 Communication
for the year endin
XXXVIII Communications) Statistics December 31, 1968
Passenger Journeys by Public Transport: Annual Traffic by Undertakings (Millions)
300 tons
Vessels entered
Tonnage entered
Passengers landed
Cargo tons landed
1959
Total KMB 721.332 322.077
6,551
Vessels cleared
Tonnage cleared
Passengers embarked
22,205,105 24,811 7,807,385 6,535 22,151,350
9,597 2,993,627
CMB HKT 87.180 172,763
HYF
SFC
KCR
8,529 1,288,770
4,474
1960*
809.447 380.712
106.288
97.186 175.332 101.983
37.039
5.087
39.384
5.748
325,108
1961
890.716 435.515
120.120 180.585 106.765 41.864
5.867
1,031,710
1962
9,063 9,583
2,985,063
747,750 8,492 1,274,350
310,481
1963
4,466
1964*
321,294
1965
Cargo tons loaded
26,074* 2,391,650
1966
1,018,729
1967
6,266
196,419
1,249
1968*
* Includes 2,799 Emigrants.
Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section
Length of line
Main line-22 miles
974.777 481.569 134.196 189.000 117.228 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 54.491 1,237.516 643.120 186.561 181.589
56.332 161.180 1,054.590 515.539 169.151 154.117 158.524 48.625 1,196.631 610.752 201.107 157.995 166.830 50.986
* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.
46.630
6.154
49.196
7.272
50.460
7.882
8.476
8.734
8.634
8.961
Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas (Millions)
Main points of call...
Passengers carried
Passenger kilometres
Freight carried (in metric tons)
Total revenue
Net operating revenue
Capital expenditure
167,784,640
810,404,6
$14,852,737.54
$ 4,536,324.03 294,583.79
$
$ 2,246,327.42 614,520.04
$
1959 1960*
1961
Total length of line-38 miles
1962
New Territories (Hong Kong)
1963
1968 9,638,651
1964*
1967
1965
9,158,506
1966
157,596,048
1967
606,028.4
1968*.
$12,680,718.78
368.150
986.046
323.268
Urban
HK
Cross New Total
Kowloon Area
Island
Harbour Territories 721.332 689.942 259.943 298.352 131.647 31.390 809,447 772.756 281.620 353.155 137.981 36.691 890.716 840.066 300.705 394.500 974.777 913.101 323.196 430.678 1,032.576 961.483 333.946 456.698 1,090.195 1,007.695 340.663 1,162.710 1,072.985 351.023 1,237.516 1,147.206 1,054.590
144.861 50.650
159.227 61.676 170.839 71.093 478.123 188.909 82.500 518.924 203.038 89.725 568.817 210.239 90.310
1,196.631 1,119.582
462.559 200.219 68.544 359.102 549.892 210.588 77.049
* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.
Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas
Passenger aircraft
Passengers
Freight (kilos)
Air Traffic
Mail (kilos)
(Index Numbers: Base 1959-100)
Total
Urban
HK
Kowloon
Area
Island
Cross Harbour Territories
New
1959
100
100
100
100
100
100
1960
112
112
108
118
105
117
In
Out
% increase
over 1967
1961
123
122
116
132
110
161
1962
135
132
124
144
121
196
16,766 714,022 8,585,187 1,253,195
16,770 757,657
+12.28%
1963
143
139
128
153
130
226
+19.72%
1964
151
146
131
160
143
263
27,960,739
+37.84%
1965
161
156
135
174
154
286
1,857,627
+ 8.62%
1966
172
166
142
191
160
288
1967
146
143
124
155
152
218
1968
166
162
138
184
160
245
Postal Traffic
1967
1968
Number of post offices
54
54
$100 m
$117.6 m
69,062
12,268
107
3,894
Goods vehicles (including 80 on Lantau Island)
2,206
Vehicles
The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on December 31, 1968 was 111,272. This represented an overall increase of 10,290 over 1967. There is now a density of 179.8 vehicles for every mile of roadway.
Private cars (including 57 on Lantau Island) ...
Motor cycles (including scooters and 7 on Lantau Island)
Motor tricycles
Taxis
Buses (including 10 on Lantau Island)
Total revenue
Value of remittance business (Money orders and Postal Orders issued
and paid)
Tons of mail despatched by air
Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway
$ 65 m 1,476 312,816
$ 61.7 m
1,822 320,715
Telephone and Telegraph
Telegrams accepted for transmission
1967 1,332,831
1968 1,367,214
Telegrams received
1,529,488
1,531,479
Dual purpose vehicles-Private car/Goods vehicle (including 5 on Lantau Island) Public cars (including 11 on Lantau Island)
16,124
2,346
Crown vehicles
919
Telegrams handled in transit
Telex Calls-outward minutes
Telex Calls-inward minutes
858,620
1,068,764
604,171
730,807
706,881
Rickshaws
Pedal tricycles
Trailers
2,728
International telephone calls-outward minutes
1,798,499
794,505 2,274,806
International telephone calls-inward minutes
2,543,193
3,019,885
804
Pictures transmitted
560
3,022
732
Pictures received
...
19,278
17,629
82
Harbourphone calls
811,708
867,110
Total
Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours
111,272
Meteorological broadcasts and reception services-number of hours. Inland telegrams
28,436
22,835
82,548
79,921
7,043
6,467