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Appendix 37

(Chapter 13: Communications and Transport)

Communications

Postal traffic:

Letter mails (million articles)

posted to destinations abroad

posted for local delivery

received from abroad for local delivery

in transit

Parcels (thousands)

posted to destinations abroad

posted for local delivery

+

received from abroad for local delivery in transit

Telecommunications traffic:

Telegrams (thousands)

accepted for transmission. received

in transit

Telex calls (thousand minutes)

outward

inward

...

International telephone calls (thousand minutes)

outward

inward

Radio pictures

transmitted

received

::

Broadcast and reception services (thousand hours)

press

meteorological

International telephone circuits

International telegraph circuits

Telex trunks

International leased circuits

voice grade

telegraph

Telephone exchanges...

Exchange capacity (thousand lines)...

Subscribers (thousands)

Telephones (thousands)

Telephones per 100 population

Telecommunications licences (all types)

::

::

269

1974

1975

1976 Estimated

76.9

76.0

76.3

121.1

132.2

146,9

57.5

58.3

57.6

2.6

2.7

2.8

2,533

2,707

2,373

76

112

82

553

528

507

41

43

40

1,101

1,238

1,228

1,821

1,598

1,574

1,432

1,513

1,407

7,841

7,404

8,298

5,974

5,838

9,785

9,436

10,579

12,513

11,704

13,715

17,620

10,412

7,639

7,456

9,214

6,641

6,691

26

13

19

138

146

139

330

371

524

798

1,046

1,273

283

412

583

9

17

31

434

528

652

52

53

56

1,029

1,109

1,137

803

835

905

988

1,028

1,123

23.1 13,308

23.4

15,171

24.9 16,299

Basketball/volleyball/badminton courts

Appendix 38

(Chapter 17: Recreation)

Recreational Facilities Provided by the Urban Council

Children's playgrounds...

Parks and gardens

Grass games pitches

and Urban Services Department

Hard-surface mini-soccer pitches

Tennis courts

Facilities

+

1974

1975

1976

305

317

306

458

570

471

51

62

53

99

98

115

412

436

430

36

36

36

Running tracks

9

12

9

H

Beaches

37

36

37

Swimming pools...

7

8

8

Multi-purpose indoor games halls

1

4

4

Obstacle golf course, squash courts, practice tennis court, bowling and

putting greens, roller-skating rinks, table tennis tables ...

57

64

Aviaries and mammal exhibits, concrete chess tables, model boat pools,

open-air theatre

112

128

3༣

67

60

Bandstand, barbecue pits, composite beach buildings, changing rooms, fountains, dog's gardens, refreshment kiosks, public toilets, public libraries, pavilions/shelters, spectator stands

481

583

1,232

Total acreage of public open space administered

:

1,570

1,628

1,620