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APPENDICES

Inward and Outward Movements of Passengers (Immigration figures) (1)

1994

1995

Thousands

1996

Arrivals Air Sea (2)

9 890

10 631

10 357

10 332

11 692 10 603

Land

Total

Departures

Air Sea (2)

Land

Total

23 197

25 150

27 618

43 444

46 112

49 913

10 028

10 739

11 786

10 596

10 571

10 772

22 728

24 703

27 280

43 352

46 014

49 837

Notes: (1) All figures quoted here exclude:

(a) Passengers in transit;

(6) Passengers refused permission to land; and

(c) Military passengers.

(2) Include helicopter passengers to/from Macau as from 1993.

Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo Carried

by Different Modes of Transport

1994

Tonnes

1995

1996

Air

Discharged Loaded

605 782 686 722

685 450 772 230

Total

I 292 504

1 457 680

733 934 + 829 598 +

1 563 532+

Ocean vessels

(1) (2)

Discharged

76 672 000

87 048 000

Loaded

34 274 000

40 127 000

86 403 000+ 38 993 000 †

Total

110 947 000

127 175 000

125 395 000 †

River vessels

(1)

Discharged

16 172 135

Loaded

13 906 632

14 722 782 14 009 206

Total

30 078 767

28 731 988

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

Rail

Discharged (3)

1 146 078

Loaded

345 206

996 633 315 742

683 907

255 054

1 491 282

1 312 375

938 961

Total

Road (4)

Discharged Loaded

Total

7 531 591

8 263 723

8 812 298

5 611 352

5 936 171

5 990 106

13 142 943

14 199 893

14 802 405

Notes: (1) Figures on cargo movement by ocean vessels are based on the Shipping Statistics System set up by the Census and Statistics Department and are estimated from a sample of consignments on ocean cargo manifests. Figures on cargo movement by river vessels are provided by the Port Development Board.

(2) All figures are published in the nearest thousands.

(4) Road transport refers to traffic through Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Lok Ma Chau to and from China.

(3) Exclude livestock.

Provisional figure.

N.A. Not available.

Sources: Census and Statistics Department,

Civil Aviation Department,

Customs and Excise Department, Immigration Department,

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, Marine Department,

Port Development Board.

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