Appendix 37
(Chapter 13: Communications and Transport)
Communications
Postal traffic:
Letter mails (million articles)
posted to destinations abroad
posted for local delivery
received from abroad for local delivery
in transit
Parcels (thousands)
posted to destinations abroad
posted for local delivery
+
received from abroad for local delivery in transit
Telecommunications traffic:
Telegrams (thousands)
accepted for transmission. received
in transit
Telex calls (thousand minutes)
outward
inward
...
International telephone calls (thousand minutes)
outward
inward
Radio pictures
transmitted
received
::
Broadcast and reception services (thousand hours)
press
meteorological
International telephone circuits
International telegraph circuits
Telex trunks
International leased circuits
voice grade
telegraph
Telephone exchanges...
Exchange capacity (thousand lines)...
Subscribers (thousands)
Telephones (thousands)
Telephones per 100 population
Telecommunications licences (all types)
::
::
269
1974
1975
1976 Estimated
76.9
76.0
76.3
121.1
132.2
146,9
57.5
58.3
57.6
2.6
2.7
2.8
2,533
2,707
2,373
76
112
82
553
528
507
41
43
40
1,101
1,238
1,228
1,821
1,598
1,574
1,432
1,513
1,407
7,841
7,404
8,298
5,974
5,838
9,785
9,436
10,579
12,513
11,704
13,715
17,620
10,412
7,639
7,456
9,214
6,641
6,691
26
13
19
138
146
139
330
371
524
798
1,046
1,273
283
412
583
9
17
31
434
528
652
52
53
56
1,029
1,109
1,137
803
835
905
988
1,028
1,123
23.1 13,308
23.4
15,171
24.9 16,299
Basketball/volleyball/badminton courts
Appendix 38
(Chapter 17: Recreation)
Recreational Facilities Provided by the Urban Council
Children's playgrounds...
Parks and gardens
Grass games pitches
and Urban Services Department
Hard-surface mini-soccer pitches
Tennis courts
Facilities
+
1974
1975
1976
305
317
306
458
570
471
51
62
53
99
98
115
412
436
430
36
36
36
Running tracks
9
12
9
H
Beaches
37
36
37
Swimming pools...
7
8
8
Multi-purpose indoor games halls
1
4
4
Obstacle golf course, squash courts, practice tennis court, bowling and
putting greens, roller-skating rinks, table tennis tables ...
57
64
Aviaries and mammal exhibits, concrete chess tables, model boat pools,
open-air theatre
112
128
3༣
67
60
Bandstand, barbecue pits, composite beach buildings, changing rooms, fountains, dog's gardens, refreshment kiosks, public toilets, public libraries, pavilions/shelters, spectator stands
481
583
1,232
Total acreage of public open space administered
:
1,570
1,628
1,620