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Appendix 42 (Chapter 15: Public Order)

Correctional Services

As at end of year

399

1986

1987

1988

Population of

Prisons

Training centres

6 125

6 041

7.793

615

597

682

Detention centres

224

275

312

Treatment centres

Illegal immigrants

Number Discharged under aftercare

1 243

1 116

1 250

Vietnamese refugees/Vietnamese boat people/

4 496

6 673

18 880

3 713

3 443

3 461

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Appendix 43

(Chapter 18: Communications and The Media)

Communications

Postal traffic:

Letter mails (million articles)

1986

1987

1988 Estimate

posted to destinations abroad

posted for local delivery

received from abroad for local delivery

in transit

Parcels (thousands)

posted to destinations abroad

118.0*

120.5

125.6

404.9

456.9

531.4

81.6

83.8

87.1

3.7

3.7

3.8

1 485

1 466

posted for local delivery

141

123

1 354

138

received from abroad for local delivery

613

548

in transit

49

47

534

41

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Telecommunications traffic:

Telegrams (thousand messages)

accepted for transmission

994

857

802

received

1 082

974

928

in transit

612

423

221

Telex calls (thousand minutes)

outward

47 049

44 684

38 426

inward

53 396

50 738

44 678

International telephone calls (thousand minutes)

outward

184 209

253 162

inward

225 340

296 789+

348 283 388 229

Radio pictures

transmitted

24 078

received

7 730

22 515 3.490

17 557

758

Broadcast and reception services (thousand hours)

press

4.6

meteorological

135.3

4.6

125.9

8.6

112.7

International telephone circuits

4 833

6 512

8 058

International telegraph circuits

3 598

3.689

3 536

Telex trunks

2307

2.501

2 459

International leased circuits

Telephone exchanges

Exchange capacity (thousand lines)

Keylines and PABX lines (thousands)

Fax lines (thousands)

Telephone subscribers (thousands)

1 744

2 189 201.3

1 856

1 894

68

66

70

2.308

2 549

233.9

273.5

13.2

32.1

60.2

1 844

1989

2 155

Telephones (thousands)

Telephones per 100 population

2 461

2 662†

2.893

44.04

47.42

Outgoing international calls (million)

Telecommunications licences (all types)

Note:

* Revised figure. + Estimate

44.06

71.90

51.54

113.51

48 995

57 255

66 650