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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 51

(Chapter 20: Communications and the Media)

Communications

Postal traffic

1995

1996

1997 Estimate

Letter mail (million articles)

Posted to destinations outside Hong Kong

164.2

158.0

143.2

Posted for local delivery

894.2

917.3

1 039.0

Received from places outside Hong Kong for local delivery In transit

105.5

99.1

91.0

1.1

0.9

0.7

Parcels (thousands)

Posted to destinations outside Hong Kong

Posted for local delivery

Received from places outside Hong Kong for local delivery In transit

Telecommunications traffic

Telephone services

Effective exchange capacity (thousand lines)

Keylines and PABX lines (thousands)

Fax lines (thousands)

Telephone lines (thousands)

Number of telephones (thousands)

Number of telephones per 100 population

International telephone and fax services

Outward (thousand minutes)

Inward (thousand minutes)

1 220

1 131

931

119

91

478

418

52

38

2025

73

392

37

3 339

3 508

3 800

496

513

536

273

308

340

3 254

3 402

3 640

4 230

68.3 *

1 668 286

1 543 811

555.10

31 520

1 946

4 446. 70.4*

1 737 513

1 844 556 *

596.24 34 225 2 107

1 890 000

2 315 000

610.00 35 200 2.130

4 700

72.0

Number of outgoing calls (millions)

Number of international telephone circuits

Number of international leased circuits

International telegraph services

Outward (thousand messages)

122

72

Inward (thousand messages)

167

49

Transit (thousand messages)

130

90

Number of international telegraph circuits

2 337 #

2 215 #

53

35

73

155

3325

International telex services

Outward (thousand minutes)

17 706

15 637

9 100

Inward (thousand minutes)

14 330

11 652

8 830

Transit (thousand minutes)

11 003

9 697

11 000

Number of telex trunks

2 032

1 969

1 526

Radio pictures transmissions

Transmitted

Received

Broadcast and reception services (thousand hours)

Meteorological

Telecommunications licences (all types)

Notes: Estimate.

# Telegraph circuit figures have included the number of telex trunks.

Sources: Office of the Telecommunications Authority,

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6652)

Hongkong Post.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2231)

104.3

120.0

97 383

99 172

102.7

104 000

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