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Table 34

APPENDICES

(Chapter 13: Transport)

(a) Motor Vehicles Licensed by Type

Thousands

Type

1998

2002

2003

Private cars

318

341

339

Motor cycles (including motor tricycles)

23

28

30

Taxis

18

18

18

Buses, public and private

12

13

13

Light buses, public and private

7

6

6

Goods vehicles

115

111

110

Special purpose vehicles

†

1

1

Government vehicles (excluding military vehicles)

7

7

7

Total

Note: t Less than 500 vehicles.

501

526

524

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

by Different Modes of Transport

Thousands

1998

2002

2003

Franchised bus

3 808

4 327

4 047

KCRC Light Rail Transit Feeder Bus

104

70

71

Mass Transit Railway

2 185

2 153

2 130

Red Minibus (2) and Green Minibus

1 588

1 655

1 623 #

Taxi(2)

1.304

1 307

1 307

Kowloon-Canton Railway-Heavy Rail (3)

738

812

767

Tram

264

249

232

Kowloon-Canton Railway-Light Rail

314

314

291

Ferry

172

151

146

Residents' Services

110

170

167#

10 586

11 206

10 782#

Total (1)

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

(2) Estimates.

(3) KCRC West Rail was introduced on 20 December 2003. Heavy Rail includes East Rail and West Rail from 2003 onwards.

Source: Transport Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2829 5354)