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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT

lamps were in new locations, but some replaced gas or inadequate electric lamps.

VEHICLES

The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on 31st December 1958 was 36,522. This represented an overall increase of 3,598 over 1957. There is now a density of 76 vehicles for every mile of roadway.

Private Cars (including 2 on Lantau Island)

Motor Cycles (including motor scooters)

Taxis

Buses

Goods Vehicles

Crown Vehicles

Rickshaws

Tricycles

24,378

2,357

693

741

5,429

1,255

869

800

36,522

MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK

Hong Kong's first multi-storey car park, which is operated by the Urban Services Department under the general control of_the Urban Council, completed its first year of operation in December. Situated at the Star Ferry Concourse in Victoria, the three-storey building has parking space for 403 cars and is open day and night. It has been increasingly used by office workers and shoppers, an average of 15,760 cars being parked each month, and has been completely filled on a number of occasions, although there has been no reduction in the amount of free parking space available nearby.

Reduced rates for short-term parking, cheap night and week-end rates, and monthly tickets were introduced in December.

The second of the multi-storey car parks, to hold 169 cars, was completed during the year on the City Hall site. It will be opened as soon as the present free parking space is required for the erection of the City Hall.

CIVIL AVIATION

On 12th September 1958 H.E. the Governor opened the new runway at Hong Kong Airport. This runway, which will eventually