APPENDICES
Inward and Outward Movements of Passengers (Immigration figures) (1)
1994
1995
Thousands
1996
Arrivals Air Sea (2)
9 890
10 631
10 357
10 332
11 692 10 603
Land
Total
Departures
Air Sea (2)
Land
Total
23 197
25 150
27 618
43 444
46 112
49 913
10 028
10 739
11 786
10 596
10 571
10 772
22 728
24 703
27 280
43 352
46 014
49 837
Notes: (1) All figures quoted here exclude:
(a) Passengers in transit;
(6) Passengers refused permission to land; and
(c) Military passengers.
(2) Include helicopter passengers to/from Macau as from 1993.
Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo Carried
by Different Modes of Transport
1994
Tonnes
1995
1996
Air
Discharged Loaded
605 782 686 722
685 450 772 230
Total
I 292 504
1 457 680
733 934 + 829 598 +
1 563 532+
Ocean vessels
(1) (2)
Discharged
76 672 000
87 048 000
Loaded
34 274 000
40 127 000
86 403 000+ 38 993 000 †
Total
110 947 000
127 175 000
125 395 000 †
River vessels
(1)
Discharged
16 172 135
Loaded
13 906 632
14 722 782 14 009 206
Total
30 078 767
28 731 988
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
Rail
Discharged (3)
1 146 078
Loaded
345 206
996 633 315 742
683 907
255 054
1 491 282
1 312 375
938 961
Total
Road (4)
Discharged Loaded
Total
7 531 591
8 263 723
8 812 298
5 611 352
5 936 171
5 990 106
13 142 943
14 199 893
14 802 405
Notes: (1) Figures on cargo movement by ocean vessels are based on the Shipping Statistics System set up by the Census and Statistics Department and are estimated from a sample of consignments on ocean cargo manifests. Figures on cargo movement by river vessels are provided by the Port Development Board.
(2) All figures are published in the nearest thousands.
(4) Road transport refers to traffic through Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Lok Ma Chau to and from China.
(3) Exclude livestock.
Provisional figure.
N.A. Not available.
Sources: Census and Statistics Department,
Civil Aviation Department,
Customs and Excise Department, Immigration Department,
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, Marine Department,
Port Development Board.
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