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Marine

Ocean-

Appendix

(Chapter 13: Communication

for the year ending

Mechanised vessels under

38

Communications)

Statistics December 31, 1970

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas (Millions)

313

Passengers carried

( 9,992,889

(181,186,237

Freight carried (in metric tons)

885,215.8 ($15,660,307.58)

Net operating revenue

$ 2,156,808.15

($ 5,157,657.18)

River

going vessels

Junks

steamers

300 tons

1959

Vessels entered

Tonnage entered

Passengers disembarked

Cargo tons discharged Vessels cleared

Tonnage cleared

Passengers embarked

Cargo tons loaded

Length of line

* Including 292 emigrants.

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section*

Main points of call

Passenger kilometres

Total revenue

Main line-22 miles

Total length of line-38 miles

New Territories (Hong Kong)

10,318,789

177,191,083

859,998 $16,089,247.37

7,147

23,008,320

11,656 2,815,726

7,016 1,130,074

5,075

1960†..

437,591

1961

24,270 9,341,721 7,156

22,942,023

1,449,485 15,828 11,661 2,938,337

1962

656,396 7,030 1,137,693

449,267

1963

5,068

1964†

961.483 1,090.195 1,007.695

Urban

HK Total

Kowloon Area

Island 721.332 689.942 259.943 298.352 131.647 31.390 809.447 772.756 281.620 353.155 137.981 36.691 890.716 840.066 300.705 394.500 144.861 974.777 913.101 323.196 430.678 159.227 1,032.576

Cross

New§ Harbour Territories

50.650

61.676

333.946 456.698 170.839

71.093

434,938

1965

23,516*

1,445,843

1966

2,802,540

6,943

154,206

182

1967

1,054.590 986.046

340.663 478.123 188.909 1,162.710 1,072.985 351.023 518,924 1,237.516 1,147.206 368.150 568.817

323.268 462.559 200.219

82.500

203.038

89.725

210.239

90.310

68.544

1968†

1,196.631 1,119.582

359.102 549.892 210.588

77.049

1969 1970

1,225.837 1,146.340 1,160.849 1,093.936 344.329 518.883

374.931 548.705 222,704

79,497

230.725

66.913

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas

(Index Numbers: Base 1959=100)

Urban

Total

HK

Kowloon

Area

Island

Cross Harbour

New& Territories

1959

100

100

100

100

Capital expenditure

$ 8,360,494,85

100

100

($

338,217.26)

1960

112

112

(*) Figures for 1969 are shown in brackets.

106

118

105

117

1961

123

122

116

132

110

161

Air Traffic

1962

135

132

124

144

121

196

% increase

1963

143

139

128

153

130

226

In

Out

1964

compared

151

146

131

160

143

263

with 1969

1965

161

156

135

174

154

286

Aircraft

Passengers

Freight (Kilos)

23,416

23,425

21.55%

1966

172

166

142

191

160

288

1,142,120

1,182,780

22.67%

1967

146

143

124

155

152

218

Mail (Kilos)...

Vehicles

44,458,159 2,361,004

The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on December 31, 1970 was 143,687. This represented an overall increase of 15% over 1969. There is now a density of about 240 vehicles for every mile of roadway.

16,728,311

19.92%

1968

166

162

138

184

160

245

1,422,082

1969

11.76%

170

166

144

184

169

253

1970

161

159

132

174

175

213

Private Cars

Motor Cycles

Motor Tricycles

92,884

14,089

116

Taxis

Buses

Public Light Buses

Private Light Buses

Goods Vehicles

Public Cars

3,408

2,873

3,784

1,368

21,298

770

Crown Vehicles

Rickshaws

Pedal Tricycles...

3,097

158

Number of Post Office

72

Total Revenue

Trailers

308

and Paid)

Total

144,225

Passenger Journeys* by Public Transport: Annual

Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway

Source: Transport Department.

Notes: * Passenger journeys represent the number of tickets sold or fares collect for single

journeys and estimates of journeys made by holders of season tickets.

† February figure is adjusted to 28 days.

Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) excludes passengers to and from Lo Wu. New Territories-The sum of Kowloon Motor Bus routes 16 and upwards and all suffixes; Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry, other than services between Hong Kong and Kowloon or New Kowloon; and Kowloon-Canton Railways excluding passengers to and from Lo Wu. K.M.B. Tsuen Wan routes were grouped into Urban routes w.e.f. July 1, 1970.

Postal Traffic

Value of Remittance Business (Money Order and Postal Order Issued

Tons of Mail Despatch by Air

1969

57 $138.9 m

$ 69.101

1970

59

$160.02 m

1,995 374,560

$ 82.64 m 2,313 426,424

Traffic by Undertakings (Millions)

Telecommunication Traffic

1959

Total

KMB 721.332 322.077

1960†.

1961

1962

1963

HYF

SFC 97.186 37.039 809.447 380.712 106.288 175.332 101.983 39.384 890,716 435.515 120.120 180.585 106.765 41.864 974.777 481.569 134.196 189.000 117.228 1,032.576 515.172 143.026 190.920

CMB

HKT 87,180 172,763

KCRI

5.087

Telegrams accepted for transmission

5.748

Telegrams received

5.867

Telegrams handled in transit

1969

1970 1,413,037 1,458,013 1,666,786 1,743,628 1,186,450 1,252,174

46.630

5.154

Telex calls-outward minutes

1,389,451 1,418,938

126.990

49.196

7.272

Telex calls--inward minutes

1964†

1,090.195

546.579 158.209 182.454

144.611

50.460

7.882

International telephone calls-outward minutes

1,019,641 2,908,317

1,377,008 4,078,224

1965

1,162.710 593.221

1966

1967

1968†.

1969

1970

169.256 181.767 155.499 54.491 1,237.516 643.120 186.561 181.589 161.180 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 1,160.849 568.014 185.795 158.533 182.201

8.476

International telephone calls-inward minutes

3,587,038

4,947,055

56.332

8.734

Pictures transmitted

3,401

2,836

8.634

Pictures received

17,260

18,922

8.961

Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours

9.217

56.646

9.660

Meteorological broadcasts and reception services--number of hours Inland telegrams

16,800

19,968

89,406

92,381

8,783

7,032