ENG-1996 — Page 9

Driest

10% humidity (January 16, 1959)

Highest temperature

36.1°C (August 18 and 19, 1900)

Lowest temperature

0.0°C (January 16, 1893)

Highest wind speed

230 km/h (September 5, 1964)

June/July norms

mean temperature

average total rainfall

Transport

Roads

27.8°C

28.8°C

376 mm-323.6 mm

The 1 717 km of roads carry 466 068 licensed vehicles, or about 270 vehicles per kilometre.

Bridges

Longest: Tsing Ma suspension bridge (main span 1 377 metres) and the 463-metre cable-stayed Kap Shui Mun bridge. A 280-metre viaduct links the

two.

Tunnels

Eight tunnels, 900 metres to 4 km long, carrying 573 000 vehicles a day, fares from $3 to $30. Third cross-harbour tunnel, 2 km, to open during 1997, 180 000 vehicle capacity.

Railways

Mass Transit Railway-First stage opened in 1979; 43 km of track; 38 stations. 2.5 million passenger journeys daily.

Lantau-Central (34 km)-Airport Expressway and North Lantau Line under construction. Kowloon-Canton Railway-Opened in 1910:

34 km of track between Hung Hom and the border; 13 stations; 632 700 passenger journeys daily. Light Rail Transit-Opened in 1988: 32 km Tuen Mun-Yuen Long-Tin Shui Wai;

57 stops, 379 000 passengers daily.

Hong Kong Tram-Opened in 1904, 13 km double track along Hong Kong Island's north shore, plus three km single track around Happy Valley. Peak Tram-Opened in 1888: Hong Kong's oldest public transport. Funicular railway rising 373 metres from Garden Road, Central, to Victoria Gap;

397 metres above sea level, 11 000 passengers daily mostly tourists but four intermediate stops service

commuters.

Air movements

1996-158 797 flights; 23.4 million passengers; 1.56 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

1996-40 808 ocean vessel arrivals;

40 865 departures; total cargo 123.67 million tonnes

Container throughput

13.2 million TEUs.

Employment

(Total workforce: 3.16 million at October 96)

Major sectors

Wholesale, retail and import/export, trades. restaurants and hotels

Finance, insurance, real

estate and business

services

Community, social and personal services

Civil Service

Transport storage and

communications

Unemployment rate

Average wages

(Selected industries)

1.03 million

28% of workforce

386 940

12% of workforce

310 099

10% of workforce

183 110

5.8% of workforce

176 319

5.5% of workforce

2.9%

$9,772 per month

GDP per capita (Expenditure based) $1.195 billion

Flying time to:

Bangkok 2 hrs 20 mins Beijing 2 hrs 30 mins Bombay 5 hrs 40 mins Guangzhou 20 mins.

London 13 hrs

Manila 1 hr 30 mins

Moscow 9 hrs 30 mins

New Delhi 5 hrs

New York 17 hrs

Paris 12 hrs 45 mins

Rome 12 hrs 15 mins

San Francisco 14 hrs 30 mins

Shanghai 1 hr 45 mins

Seoul 2 hrs 45 mins Singapore 3 hrs 20 mins Sydney 9 hrs 30 mins Taipei Ihr

Tokyo 3 hrs 40 mins

Toronto 16 hrs 45 mins

Washington 17 hrs 30 mins