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317

Marine

Ocean- going

River

Junks

steamers

vessels

300 tons

1960*

Vessels entered

7,714

Tonnage entered

24,260,765

12,410 2,703,997

7,493 1,204,277

5,331

Appendix (Chapter 13:

Communication for the year ending

Mechanised vessels under

4.2

Communications) Statistics December 31, 1971

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas (Millions)

1961

Total

809.447 890.716

504,791

1962

Passengers disembarked

Cargo tons discharged

26,097 10,210,310

Vessels cleared

Tonnage cleared

1,590,678 7,586 7,714

12,413 24,163,340 2,699,177

1963

712,038 7,485 1,215,720

540,054

Urban

HK Area

Island 772.756 281.620 840.066 974.777 913.101 1,032.576

Cross

Kowloon

News

Harbour Territories

353.155

137.981

36.691

300.705

394.500

144.861

50.650

323.196

430.678

159.227

61.676

961.483

333.946

456.698

170.839

71.093

1964†

5,340

1,090.195 1,007.695

340.663

478.123

188.909 82.500

1965

499,133

1966

Passengers embarked

Passengers carried

Passenger kilometres

Freight carried (in metric tons)

Total revenue

Net operating revenue

Capital expenditure

Cargo tons loaded

Length of line

...

26,124 1,603,177 2,969,058

Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section*

Main points of call

Main line--22 miles (36 km.)

Total length of line-38 miles (61 km.)

New Territories (Hong Kong)

10,954,058 193,779,985

1,007,046

$18,459,051.63

$ 3,844,211.04

$ 998,790.89

(177,191,083

859,998 ($16,089,247.37)

($ 2,156,808,15) ($8,360,494.85)

1,162.710 1,072.985 1,237.516 1,147.206

351.023

518.924

203.038

89.725

368.150

568.817 210.239

90.310

1967

7,112

177,042

1,001

1968+

1,054.590 986.046 1,196.631 1,119.582

323.268 359.102 549.892

462.559 200,219

68.544

210.588

1969

77.049

1,225.837 1,146.340

374.931 548.705

222.704

1970

79.497

1971

1,160.849 1,093.936 344.329 518.883 1,138,280 1,083.324 331.870 511.560

230.725

66.913

239.894

54.956

( 10,318,789

Annual Traffic by Geographical Areas

}

(Index Numbers: Base 1959=100)

Urban

HK

Total

Cross

Area

Kowloon

New§

Island

Harbour Territories

1959

100

100

100

100

100

100

1960

112

112

106

118

105

117

(*)=Figures for 1970 are shown in brackets.

1961

123

122

116

132

110

161

1962

135

132

124

144

121

196

Air Traffic

1963

143

139

128

153

130

226

In

Out

Total

% increase

1964

151

146

131

160

143

263

over 1970

1965

161

156

135

174

154

Aircraft

24,432

24,441

48,873

4.34°/

286

1966

()

172

166

142

191

160

288

Passengers

Freight (Kilogrammes)

Mail (Kilogrammes)

1,161,038

1,208,666

2,369,704

1.93

1967

146

143

124

155

152

218

23,833,139

51,631,312

75,464,451

23.33

1968

166

162

138

184

160

245

1,540,530

2,539,087

4,079,617

7.84%

1969

170

166

144

184

169

253

1970

161

159

132

174

175

213

Vehicles

1971

158

157

128

171

182

175

Source: Transport Department.

The number of vehicles registered in the Colony on December 31, 1971 was 164,378. This represented an overall increase of 14% over 1970. There is now a density of about 278 vehicles for every mile of roadway.

Private Cars

Motor Cycles

Motor Tricycles

Taxis

Buses

Public Light Buses

Private Light Buses

Goods Vehicles

Public Cars

Crown Vehicles

Rickshaws

Pedal Tricycles...

Trailers...

Total

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; Hongkong 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. KMB Tsuen Wan routes were grouped into Urban routes w.e.f. July 1, 1970.

105,874

16,592

100

3,406

3,075

3.813

1,567

25,790

884

3,277

110

43

Number of Post Offices

Total Revenue

332

164,873

Postal Traffic

Value of Remittance Business (Money Order and Postal Orders issued

and paid)

Tons of mail despatched by air

1970

59 $160.02 m

1971

63 $161.97 m

$ 82.64m

84.30 m

Passenger Journeys* by Public Transport: Annual

Traffic by Undertakings (Millions)

Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway

2,313 426,424

1,872 255,298

Telecommunication Traffic

1960..

1961

1962

1963

1964†

1965

1966

1967

1968†

1969

1970

1971

Total

KMB CMB HKT HYF 809.447 380.712 106.288 175.332 101.983 890.716 435.515 120.120 180.585 106.765 974.777 481.569 134.196 189.000 117.228 1,032.576 515.172 143.026 190.920 126.990 1,090.195 546,579 158.209 182,454 144.611 1,162.710 593.221 169.256 181.767 155.499 1,237.516 643.120 186.561 181.589 161.180

515.539 1,054.590

169.151 154.117 610.752 1,196.631

201.107 157.995 1,225.837 611.463 212.879 162.052 174.407 1,160.849 568.014 185.795 158.533 182.201 1,138.280 547.571 175,110 156.760 190.531

SFC 39.394

KCR

5.748

41.864

5.867

Telegrams accepted for transmission

1970

1971

Telegrams received

1,458,013

1,476,703

46.630

5.154

Telegrams handled in transit

1,743,628

49.196

7.272

1,713,980

50.460

7.882

Telex calls-outward minutes

1,252, 174

1,298,689

54.491

8.476

Telex calls-inward minutes

1,418,938

1,947,432

56.332

8.734

158.524 48.625 166.830

8.634

Pictures transmitted

International telephone calls-inward minutes

International telephone calls--outward minutes

1,377,008

1,871,292

4,078,224

5,098,557

4,947,055

50.986

8.961

5,762,700

+

Pictures received

2,836

55.819

9.217

4,453

56.646

9.660

Press broadcasts and reception services-number of hours

18,922

13,800

58.216

10.092

Meteorological broadcasts and reception services-number of hours Inland telegrams

19,968

20,807

92,381

122,248

7,032

7,197