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Appendix 35

(Chapter 13: Communications and Transport)

International Movements of Aircraft and Vessels

1978

1979

1980

Aircraft

Arrivals

26,320

27,965

27,283

Departures

26,322

27,963

27,286

Total

52,642

55,928

54,569

Ocean-going vessels

Arrivals

9,436

9,810

10 229

Departures

9,396

9,900

10,340

Total

18,832

19,710

20,569

River steamers, hydrofoil vessels, junks

and launches

Arrivals

Departures

Total

36,298*

41,679*

45,086

36,291*

41,634*

72,589*

83,313*

45,133+ 90,219;

Note: * Including Hong Kong-Canton Hoverferries.

Including Hong Kong-Canton Ferries and Hoverferries.

International Movements of Passengers (Immigration figures)

Arrivals

Air

Sea

Land

Total

Departures

Air

Sea

Land

Total

Note: All figures quoted here exclude:-

i. Passengers in transit.

ii. Passengers refused permission to land.

11

Thousands

2,624

2,827

3,028

2,726

3,392

3,536

1,437

3,246

4,053

6,787

9,465

10,617

2,657

2,900

3,153

2,735

3,373

3,632

1,371

3,188

3,762

6,763

9,461

10,547

iii. Military passengers.

International Movements of Commercial Cargo by Different Means of Transport

Air

Imports

Exports

Total

Sea

Imports

Exports

Total

Rail

Imports*

Exports

Total

Road

Imports

Exports

Total

ן'

Tonnes

91,307

107,019

105,200

137,624

150,389

152,666

228,931

257,408

257,866

20,909,017

22,598,774

24,622,506

6,923,416

7,711,080

8,939,622

27,832,433

30,309,854

33,562,128

1,832,368

1,937,545

1,224 1,833,592

4,021

1,942,944 6,762

1,941,566

1,949,706

68,540

84,961

129,782

2,769

54,025

177,948

71,309

138,986

307,730

Note: Road transport refers to cross frontier traffic through Man Kam To to and from China,

* Excluding livestock totalling 2,027,013 head in 1978, 1,977,286 head in 1979 and 2,105,831 head in 1980,