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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 53

(Chapter 19: Communications, the Media and IT)

Communications

Postal traffic

Letter mail (million articles)

1996

1997

1998

Posted to destinations outside Hong Kong

158.0

144.1

141.5

Posted for local delivery

917.3

1 036.8

1 026.0

Received from places outside Hong Kong for

local delivery

99.1

91.7

88.6

In transit

0.9

0.7

0.6

Parcels (thousands)

Posted to destinations outside Hong Kong

1 131

921

675

Posted for local delivery

91

76

63

Received from places outside Hong Kong for

418

391

357

local delivery

In transit

38

37

30

Telecommunications traffic

Telephones services

Telephone lines (thousands)

Telephone lines per 1000 population

Number of telephones (thousands)

Number of telephones per 100 population

Fax lines (thousands)

Effective exchange capacity (thousand lines)

Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers per

1 000 population

Public radio paging subscribers per 1 000

population

External telecommunications traffic

Outward (thousand minutes)

Inward (thousand minutes)

Number of international leased circuits

Telecommunications licences (all types)

Note:

* Estimate.

Sources: Hongkong Post,

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2231)

Office of the Telecommunications Authority. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6652)

3 402

546.3

547,7

3 624

3 708 544.8

4 446

**

69.2*

308

4 685*

70.8*

343

4 763*

70.0*

360

3 508

3 786

3 992

188.5

315.2

420.0

169.7

141.0

84.0

1 737 513

1 738 236

1 844 556*

2 107

2 120 480*

2117

99 172

104 232

1 718 519 1 957 619*

2257

105 787