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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 45
(Chapter 14: Transport)
Inward and Outward Movements of Aircraft, Vessels, Motor Vehicles and Trains
1997
1998
Numbers
1999
Aircraft
Arrivals
82 573
81 616
Departures
82 581
81 607
83 714# 83 708#
Total
165 154
163 223
167 422#
Ocean vessels (1), (2)
Arrivals
43 305
40 706
Departures
43 304
40 921
37 205 37 275
Total
86 609
81 627
74 480
River trade passenger ferries and cargo vessels (2). (3)
Arrivals
188 979
189 609
175 265
Departures
188 888
189 414
175 193
Total
377 867
379 023
350 458
Motor vehicles
Arrivals
Departures
Total
Passenger trains
Arrivals
4 759 316
4 882 588
5 161 098
4 751 593
4 890 140
5 165 303
9 510 909
9 772 728
10 326 401
Departures
Total
2 108 2108
4 216
2376
2 376
2 595 2 596
4 752
5 191
Notes: Figures include movements between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the mainland of China.
(1) Figures exclude pleasure vessels.
(2) Starting from this issue, a new series of vessel statistics has been adopted.
(3) Starting from 1999, river cargo vessel statistics exclude an incomplete count of pleasure vessels and fishing vessels plying within the
river trade limits.
# Provisional figure.
Sources: Civil Aviation Department,
Marine Department,
Customs and Excise Department,
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.
(For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4661)