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Marine

Appendix

(Chapter 13: Communication

for the year ending

Mechanised vessels under

XXXVIII Communications) Statistics

December 31, 1969

Passenger Journeys by Public Transport: Annual

Traffic by Undertakings (Millions)

305

Vessels entered Tonnage entered Passengers landed* Cargo tons landed

Vessels cleared Tonnage cleared

Passengers embarked

Cargo tons loaded

* Includes 365 Emigrants.

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section*

Length of line

Main points of call...

Main line-22 miles

Ocean- going

River steamers

Junks

300 tons

1959

1960*

6,816

22,277,138 23,410 8,431,358 6,793 22,386,558 22,105 2,804,708

10,674 2,660,267

8,347 1,298,995

4,719

1961

379,900

1962

1,142,472

1963

14,163 10,656

2,651,670

833,568 8,373 1,318,019

376,115

1964*

4,648

1965

370,287

1966

1967

1,126,202

1968*

6,027

139,818

1,324

1969

Total

KMB CMB

HKT 721.332 322.077 87.180 172.763 809.447 380.712 106.288 175.332 890.716 435.515 120.120 180.585 974,777 481.569 134.196 189.000 1,032.576 515.172 143.026

126.990 190.920 1,090.195 546.579 158.209

144.611 182.454

50.460 1,162.710 593.221 169.256 181.767 155.499 54.491 1,237.516 643.120 186.561 181,589 161.180 56.332 1,054.590 515.539 169.151 154.117 158.524 48.625 1,196.631 610.752 201.107 157.995 166.830 50.986 1,225.837 611.463 212,879 162.052 174.407 55.819

HYF

SFC

KCR

97.186

37.039

5.087

101.983 106.765 117.228 46.630

39.384

5.748

41.864

5.867

6.154

49.196

7.272

7.882

8.476

8.734

8.634

8.961 9.217

* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas (Millions)

1959

1960*

1961

Total length of line-38 miles

1962

New Territories (Hong Kong)

1963

Passengers carried

1964*

Passenger kilometres

Freight carried (in metric tons)

9,992,889 181,186,237

885,215.8

(9,638,651

}

1965

(167,784,640)

1966

(

810,404.6)

1967

Total revenue

Net operating revenue

Capital expenditure

$15,660,307.58 $ 5,157,657.18 $ 338,217.26

($14,852,737.54) ($ 4,536,324.03) ($ 294,583.79)

1968*

1969

Urban

HK Total

Area

Island 721.332 689.942 259.943 809.447 772.756 281.620 890.716 840.066 300.705 974.777 913.101 1,032.576 961.483 1,090.195 1,007.695 1,162.710 1,072.985 1,237.516 1,147.206 1,054.590 986.046 1,196.631 1,225.837 1,146.340 374.931

Cross New

Kowloon

Harbour Territories

298.352

131.647 31.390

353.155 394.500 144.861 50.650 323.196 430.678 159.227 61.676

137.981 36.691

1,119.582

333.946 456.698 170.839 71.093 340.663 478.123 188.909 82.500 351.023 518.924 203.038 89.725

210.239 368.150

90.310 568.817 323.268 462.559 200.219 68.544 359.102 549.892 210.588 77.049 548.705 222,704 79.497

(*)

Figures for 1968 are shown in brackets.

* February figure is adjusted to 28 days.

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas

(Index Numbers: Base 1959=100)

Urban

HK

Cross

New

Air Traffic

Total

Kowloon

Area

Island

Harbour Territories

1959

100

100

100

100

100

100

1960

112

112

108

118

105

117

In

Out

% increase

1961

123

122

116

132

110

161

over 1968

1962

135

132

124

144

121

196

Aircraft

Passengers

Freight (kilos)

Mail (kilos)

19,269 930,776 13,946,536 1,352,636

19,266 964,329 37,075,574

+ 14.9%

1963

143

139

128

153

130

226

1964

151

146

131

160

143

263

+ 31.4%

1965

161

156

135

174

154

286

+ 39.6%

1966

172

166

142

191

160

288

2,032,291

+ 8.8%

1967

146

143

124

155

152

218

1968

166

162

138

184

160

245

1969

170

166

144

184

169

253

Vehicles

The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on December 31, 1969 was 127,132. This represented an overall increase of 15,860 over 1968. There is now a density of 214.4 vehicles for every mile of roadway.

Postal Traffic

1968

1969

Number of post offices

Total revenue

54 $117.6m

57

$138.9 m

Private Cars

Motor Cycles

Motor Tricycles

Taxis

80,209

Tons of mail despatched by air

Value of remittance business (Money Orders and Postal Orders issued

and paid)

Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway

$ 61.7 m 1,822 320,715

$ 69.1 m

1,995 374,560

12,922

113

Telephone and Telegraph

1968

1969

3,428

Buses

Public Light Buses

Private Light Buses

Goods Vehicles

Public Cars

Crown Vehicles

Rickshaws

Pedal Tricycles Trailers

Telegrams accepted for transmission

1,367,214

1,413,037

2,365

Telegrams received

1,531,479

1,666,786

3,458

Telegrams handled in transit

1,068,764

1,186,450

1,088

Telex calls-outward minutes

730,807

1,389,451

18,017

Telex calls-inward minutes

794,505

1,019,641

851

International telephone calls-outward minutes

2,274,806

2,908,317

2,913

International telephone calls-inward minutes

3,019,885

3,587,038

804

Pictures transmitted

3,022

3,401

732

Pictures received

17,629

17,260

232

Harbourphone calls

867,110

978,087

Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours

22,835

16,800

Total

:

127,132

Meteorological broadcasts and reception services-number of hours Inland telegrams

79,921

89,406

6,467

8,783