Appendix 36
(Chapter 13: Communications and Transport)
Registered Motor Vehicles
Public service vehicles
Public buses
China Motor Bus Company
Kowloon Motor Bus Company
New Lantao Bus Company
Others
Public light buses
Taxis
Private vehicles
Motor cycles
Motor tricycles
Private cars
Private buses
Private light buses
Goods vehicles
Crown vehicles (excluding vehicles of HM Forces)
Motor cycles
Other motor vehicles
Total
Tramcars
Hongkong Tramways Limited
Tramcars
Trailers
Peak Tramways Company
Tramcars
Total
As at end of year
291
1978
1979
1980
820
848
985
1,804
1,867
2,089
53
58
56
1,416
1,609
1,798
4,350
4,350
4,350
7,663
8,762
9,856
22,093
23,289
25,536
}
12
7
7
142,049
162,762
190,146
242
222
226
1,026
964
955
47,405
51,780
997
3,220
233,150
915
3,495
260,928
58,801
936 3,654
299,395
122
162
163
89
163
20
20
3
3
3
187
186
186
Public Transport: Passengers Carried by Undertaking
Thousand journeys
1978
1979
1980
Kowloon Motor Bus Company
860,480
934,339
911,657
China Motor Bus Company
254,687
274,324
275,533
Mass Transit Railway Corporation*
11,742
167,533
Hongkong Tramways Limited
138,655
150,935
159,183
Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company
131,183
142,415
131,994
'Star' Ferry Company
54,213
56,538
46,551
Kowloon-Canton Railway
15,835
18,353
19,389
Peak Tramways Company
1,971
2,107
2,041
New Lantao Bus Company
2,203
2,481
2,802
Ocean Park Cable Car
1,532
1,586
1,290
Total
1,460,759
1,594,820
1,717,973
Note: The first stage of the Modified Initial System of the Mass Transit Railway between Kwun Tong and Shek Kip Mei operated
from 1.10.79 and the full system operated from 12.2.80.
Public Transport: Passengers Carried by Area
Thousand journeys
Hong Kong Island
332,143+
358,705+
381,596
Kowloon
557,511
590,590
657,021
Cross Harbour
Ferry
Tunnels
New Territories
166,468
177,100
155,152
139,743
153,772
181,433
Urban Rural
137,281
161,388
174,321
127,613
153,265+
168,450
Total
1,460,759
1,594,820
1,717,973
Note: Revised figures.