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Table 33

APPENDICES

(Chapter 13: Transport)

(a) Motor Vehicles Licensed by Type

Thousands

Type

1997

2001

2002

Private cars

315

341

341

Motor cycles (including motor tricycles)

24

27

28

Taxis

18

18

18

Buses, public and private

11

13

13

Light buses, public and private

7

6

6

Goods vehicles

118

113

111

Special purpose vehicles

+

1

1

Government vehicles (excluding military vehicles)

8

7

7

Total(1)

500

525

526

Note: † Less than 500 vehicles.

(b) Public Transport: Average Daily Number of Passenger Journeys

by Different Modes of Transport

Thousands

1997

2001

2002

Franchised bus

3.792

4 241

KCRC Light Rail Transit Feeder Bus

108

55

4 327

70

Mass Transit Railway

2 224

2 103

2 153

Red Minibus (2) and Green Minibus

1 590

1 634*

1 642#

Taxi (2)

1 294

1 307

1 307

Kowloon-Canton Railway-Heavy Rail

718

802

812

Tram

291

249

249

Kowloon-Canton Railway--Light Rail

346

319

314

Ferry

196

152

151

Residents' Services

112

153

161 #

Total (1)

10 671

11 015*

11 185#

Notes: (1) Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.

(2) Estimates.

Source: Transport Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2829 5354)