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Table 34

(Chapter 13: Transport)

(a) Motor Vehicles Licensed by Type

Thousands

Type

2003

2007

2008

Private cars

339

372

383

Motor cycles (including motor tricycles)

30

37

38

Taxis

18

18

18

Buses, public and private

13

13

13

Light buses, public and private

6

6

6

Goods vehicles

110

111

109

Special purpose vehicles

1

1

1

Government vehicles (excluding military vehicles)

7

6

6

Total

524

565

575

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

by Different Modes of Transport

Franchised bus

Light Rail Transit Feeder Bus

Mass Transit Railway (MTR)(1)(2)

Red Minibus and Green Minibus

Taxi

Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCRC)(2)(3)

Hongkong Tramways and Peak Tramways

Light Rail

Ferry

Residents' Services

Total(4)

2003

2007

Thousands

2008

4 047

3 964

71

2 130

1 631

2 560

1815

89

3 872

95

3 587

1 837#

975

1 097

1 082#

767

1 152

232

238

239

291

372

376

146

148

147

174

182

190#

10 465

11 523

11 425#

Notes: (1) The operations of the MTR and KCRC were merged on 2 December 2007. Previously Octopus users making railway interchanges at Kowloon Tong, Mei Foo, Nam Cheong, Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations, were counted separately in MTR and KCRC passenger journeys. However, these passengers will be counted once in MTR passenger journeys after the merger. Hence, the figures after the merger are not strictly comparable with those of earlier figures.

(2)

(3)

(4)

Passenger journeys of East Rail, West Rail and Ma On Shan were counted under KCRC before 2 December 2007 but were counted under MTR thereafter.

In 2007, the average daily numbers of passenger journeys for individual modes of transport do not add up to total because figure for KCRC refers to the average of the first 335 days in 2007. Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.

Source: Transport Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2294 2580)