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51004~27K:~5/75 Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics
March, 1975
Census & Statistics Department, Hong Kong CONTENTS
Sections/tables Page Part I SECTION 1 : CLIMATE 1.1 Summary of meteorological observations 1.2 Extract of meteorological observations made during March 1975 1
SECTION 2: VITAL STATISTICS 2.1 Statistics of registered births and marriages 2 2.2 Statistics of registered deaths 2 2.3 Deaths by cause 3
SECTION 3: EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, ACCIDENTS AND LABOUR STOPPAGES IN INDUSTRY 3.1 Number of establishments and employment in manufacturing industry analysed by I.S.I.C. major groups 4 3.2 Number of establishments and employment in manufacturing industry by employ ment size 5 3.3 Employment in manufacturing industry analysed by I.S.I.C. divisions 5 3.4 Index of nominal average daily wages for industrial workers (and the index of overall real average daily wages) 6 3.5 Reported accidents by cause 7 3.6 Stoppages of work by industry . 8
SECTION 4: PRODUCTION 4.1 Mining production 9 4.2 Electricity production and distribution 9 4.3 Gas production and distribution 10 4.4 Cement production 10 4.5 Textile production 11
SECTION 5: EXTERNAL TRADE 5.1 External trade . 12 5.2 Imports by areas 12 5.3 Domestic exports by areas 13 5.4 Re-exports by areas . 13 5.5 Trade with major trading partners 14 5.6 Imports by S.I.T.C. commodity sections 14 5.7 Domestic exports by S.I.T.C. commodity sections 15 5.8 Re-exports by S.I.T.C. commodity sections 15 5.9 Domestic exports of principal commodities 16
SECTION 6: FOOD SUPPLIES 6.1 Rice . 17 6.2 Other foodstuffs 17
SECTION 7: TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS 7.1 Movements of aircraft and airborne passengers 18 7.2 Ocean-going vessels entered and cleared . 18-19 7.3 River steamers, hydrofoil vessels, junks and launches entered and cleared 20 7.4 Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) traffic statistics 20
ii Sections/tables Page 7.5 Total tonnage of commercial cargo carried by different means of transport 21 7.6 Commercial cargo carried by vessels of all types 21 7.7 Containers carried by ocean-going vessels. 22 7.8 Public transport: passenger journeys by undertaking 22 7.9 Public transport: passenger journeys by area 23 7.10 Traffic accidents and casualties 23 7 .11 Motor vehicles registered . 24 7.12 Telephone services statistics 25
SECTION 8: PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES 8.1 Average retail prices of selected foodstuffs. 26 8.2 Average wholesale prices of selected foodstuffs . 27 8.3 New Consumer Price Index (A) 27 8.4 New Consumer Price Index (B) 28 8.5 Hang Seng Consumer Price Index 28 8.6 General Consumer Price Index . 29 8.7 Modified Consumer Price Index 29 8.8 General and Modified Consumer Price Indexes: averages for the period of 12 months 30
SECTION 9: MONEY, BANKING AND FINANCE 9.1 Money supply . 31 9.2 Banking. statistics: liabilities and assets 31 9.3 Analysis of bank loans and advances 32 9.4 Interest rates paid by principal banks 33 9.5 Interest rates charged and bank cheques cleared 33 9.6 Exchange rates in Hong Kong dollars 34 9.7 Exchange rates in Hong Kong dollars in March 1975 34 9.8 Revenue and expenditure of the Hong Kong Government 35 9.9 Value of stock exchange turnover 35 9.10 Index of share prices 36 9.11 Index of share prices and value of stock exchange turnover in March 1975 36 9.12 Instruments registered in the Land Office . 37 9.13 Local and foreign companies registered and dissolved 38
SECTION 10: BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING 10.1 Existing private living quarters in urban areas . 39 10.2 Public housing . 39 10.3 New building projects with consent to commence work 40 10.4 Completed buildings certified for occupation 40 10.5 Usable floor area of completed new buildings . 41 10.6 Number and cost of completed buildings by cost of construction 41 10.7 Completed building work reported to the Rating and Valuation Department during March 1975 . 42
SECTION 11: TRAYELLING AND TOURISM 11.1 Arrivals of passengers by air, sea and land 43 11.2 · Departures of passengers by air, sea and land 43 11.3 Incoming tourists to Hong Kong 44
iii Sections/ tables Page SECTION 12: SOCIAL STATISTICS 12. l Crime statistics . 45-46 12.2 Infectious diseases notified: cases and deaths 47
SECTION 13: MISCELLANEOUS 13.l Petroleum products: releases from bond by type 48 13.2 Petroleum products: releases from bond, duty free and duty paid 48 13.3 -Fire services statistics 49 13.4 Water supplies . 50
Part II (appears in July issue only) SECTION 14: POPULATION 14.1 Total population 14.2 Estimated population by age-group at mid-1975 14.3 Estimated mid-year population and growth rates 1965-1975
Partm SECTION 15: POPULATION {Appears in February issue) 15.1 Estimated population and growth rates, 1965-1975
SECTION 16: SOCIAL STATISTICS 16.1 Education statistics .
Part IV (appears in January, April, July and October issues only) SECTION 17: SPECIAL REVIEW:
Part V Explanatory notes I-II
iv SECTION 1 CLIMATE 1.1 SUMMARY OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
Prevailing Mean Total Mean Air temperature Mean Mean Mean Total Total bright wind wind evapora- Year/month pressure Mean Mean Mean dew relative amount rainfall at M.S.L. maximum minimum point humidity of cloud sunshine directioil. speed tion mb oc oc oc oc % % hours mm points. knots mm 1971 ············ 1,013.1 25.9 22.7 20.5 17.5 74 59 2,116.6 1,903.8 E 5.9 1,774.0 1972 ...... 1,012.4 25.9 22.8 20.7 19.0 80 66 1,852.3 2,807.3 E 5.5 1,586.3 1973 ...... 1,012.6 26.3 23.3 21.2 19.1 79 69 1,750.9 3,100.4 E 6J 1,530.4 1974 ...... 1,012.1 25.9 22.8 20.5 18.3 77 66 1,932.6 2,322.9 E 5.6 1,631.4 1974: Mar... . 1,017.6 21.2 17.7 15.3 13.7 78 71 119.4 31.7 E 5.8 97.9 Apr... . 1,012.4 25.3 22.0 19.7 19.0 83 71 135.1 231.1 E 5.2 121.l May .. . 1,009.5 29.7 26.6 24.6 23.3 83 64 208.7 203.7 E 5.2 160.6 June .. . 1,004.6 30.2 27.4 25.4 24.0 82 82 116.6 323.3 SW 6.4 145.1 July 1,006.I 31.5 28.7 26.6 24.5 78 64 246.0 184.2 SW 5.2 206.3 Aug ... . 1,003.6 32.0 28.7 26.3 24.0 76 65 225.1 226.6 E 4.6 . 182.2 Sept. .. . 1,009.3 30.7 27.6 25.7 23.7 80 60 181.2 131.2 E 3.3 146.6 Oct. 1,009.7 28.3 25.3 23.1 20.0 74 70 145.4 718.4 E 7.0 152.l Nov... . 1,016.0 23.9 20.9 18.8 15.2 71 62 143.7 24.9 NNE 4.1 114.3 Dec... . 1,019.4 20.5 17.7 15.6 13.1 75 74 114.2 206.9 E 5.9 104.6 1975: Jan. 1,020.3 18.3 16.0 14.3 11.8 77 77 88.9 35.8 E 6.3 72.0 Feb ... . 1,018.0 20.5 17.5 15.4 12.8 76 68 117.3 35.7 E 6.1 93.9 Mar. .. . 1,015.0 20.7 18.5 16.9 15.5 83 91 43.6 81.5 E 9.1 75.0
1.2 EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING MARCH 1975
Mean Mean Mean Mean Total Prevailing Mean Total pressure Air temperature relative amount bright Total Date dew rainfall wind wind evapora- at M.S.L. Max. Mean Min. point humidity of cloud sunshine* direction speed tion• March mb oc oc oc oc % % hours mm points knots mm 1 ...... ········· 1016.7 23.6 19.2 16.6 13.8 71 61 6.4 Trace E 8.5 2.8 2 ...... 14.1 23.2 19.6 16.9 16.6 83 85 4.3 0.1 E 9.2 4.7 3 ...... 13.6 19.8 19.1 18.2 17.6 91 99 0.2 1.4 E 11.0 1.3 4 ...... 12.6 18.8 18.0 17.2 17.0 93 100 6.5 E 11.9 0.2 5 ...... 13.8 23.0 20.2 18.3 19.1 93 99 0.8 Trace E 8.3 1.7 6 ··············· 14.4 25.3 20.9 19.2 19.4 91 93 1.4 Trace E 6.8 4.2 7 ...... 16.6 19.5 17.4 15.5 14.7 84 97 Trace E 12.8 2.7 8 ...... 16.5 18.3 16.4 15.3 12.9 80 100 Trace E 13.3 1.5 9 ...... 13.8 22.8 19.8 16.8 17.7 88 85 3.1 Trace wsw 6.7 3.2 10 ··············· 14.5 21.1 18.9 17.5 16.7 88 90 1.4 0.3 E 7.7 1.3 11 ··············· 13.9 19.8 18.0 16.9 16.0 88 99 Trace E 10.0 1.4 12 ...... 12.8 19.0 17.6 16.8 16.7 94 100 2.0 E 11.5 1.4 13 ··············· 11.3 17.8 17.1 16.3 16.1 94 100 1.1 E 14.5 0.2 14 ··············· 13.4 17.5 15.9 12.5 15.0 94 100 25.1 E 8.9 0.7 15 ··············· 18.0 16.3 14.0 11.5 9.2 73 99 0.4 0.3 NNE 6.1 3.3 16 ··············· 18.4 16.7 14.2 11.7 9.7 75 75 2.0 7.5 E 4.5 2.1 17 ··············· 18.5 17.8 16.5 15.0 8.8 61 82 1.1 E 11.8 3.3 18 ...... 17.0 20.2 17.9 16.7 14.4 80 97 1.2 Trace E 11.3 1.7 19 ··············· 14.6 24.2 20.0 17.8 18.2 90 98 0.5 Trace E 4.0 1.6 20 ··············· 15.7 22.6 20.7 19.2 17.5 82 96 Trace NNE 3.3 2.9 21 ··············· 15.9 21.2 18.8 17.6 13.9 73 74 6.2 Trace E 14.2 5.0 22 ··············· 14.1 19.1 17.9 16.8 15.6 86 100 12.6 E 11.4 3.4 23 ··············· 16.3 26.3 21.3 18.2 17.7 81 74 6.5 2.0 E 7.5 5.3 24 ··············· 17.7 22.2 19.2 17.7 14.2 73 45 6.7 E 10.6 5.4 25 ··············· 13.1 21.8 19.0 17.2 15.2 79 78 1.4 E 8.7 2.0 26 ...... 12.7 19.4 18.6 17.8 16.5 88 100 16.4 E 10.8 1.1 27 ··············· 14.1 19.6 18.4 17.0 15.2 82 99 Trace E 11.0 1.8 28 ··············· 14.3 22.0 20.0 18.7 17.5 86 100 E 8.3 2.6 29 ··············· 14.3 21.5 20.3 18.9 18.5 90 99 6.2 E 5.5 1.0 30 ··············· 15.4 21.2 20.2 18.9 14.9 72 99 Trace E 9.0 3.4 31 ······ ...... 17.8 19.8 18.8 17.8 15.2 80 100 Trace E 2.8 1.8 Mean ...... 1015.0 20.7 18.5 16.9 15.5 83 91 E 9.1 Total ...... 43.6* 81.5 75.0* NORMALS FOR MARCH (1884-1939; 1947-1960):- 1016.I 19.9 17.5 15.6 14.8 83 82 94.7 72.2 E 9.4 114.8*t The lowest reading of the barometer (M.S.L.) was 1009.3 millibars at 1700 H.K.St.T. on the 13th. The maximum gust peak speed as recorded by the Dines anemograph was 42 knots from E at 0523 H.K.St.T. on the 27th. The maximum instantaneous intensity of rainfall as recorded by the Jardi recorder was 68 millimetres per hour at 1916 H.K.St.T. on the 14th.* • These readings were made at King's Park Meteorological Station. The figures for evaporation are the total amounts measured during the 24 hours from 0800 H.K.St.T. on the date tabulated. t 1958-1967. SECTION 2 VITAL STATISTICS
2.1 STATISTICS OF REGISTERED BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES
Births Marriages
Year/month Chinese Non-Chinese Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1971 ...... 38,660 36,349 75,009 899 910 1,809 39,559 37,259 76,818 26,904 1972 ··························· 39,731 37,345 77,076 1,049 928 1,977 40,780 38,273 79,053 27,358 1973 ...... 40,216 37,888 78,104 1,024 1,019 2,043 41,240 38,907 80,147 30,436 1974 ...... 40,980 38,766 79,746 1,042 1,091 2,133 42,022 39,857 81,879 37,634
1974: Mar ...... 3,242 3,053 6,295 76 96 172 3,318 3,149 6,467 3,291 Apr...... 3,031 2,860 5,891 81 93 174 3,112 2,953 6,065 2,788 May ...... 3,058 2,940 5,998 92 75 167 3,150 3,015 6,165 4,005 June ...... 2,761 2,681 5,442 64 74 138 2,825 2,755 5,580 3,292 July ...... 3,646 3,322 6,968 78 80 158 3,724 3,402 7,126 3,142 Aug ...... 3,504 3,362 6,866 89 87 176 3,593 3,449 7,042 2,773 Sept ...... 3,752 3,487 7,239 92 99 191 3,844 3,586 7,430 2,921 Oct ...... 3,845 3,696 7,541 122 96 218 3,967 3,792 7,759 3,218 Nov...... 3,913 3,607 7,520 94 102 196 4,007 3,709 7,716 3,305 Dec ...... 3,435 3,331 6,766 76 84 160 3,511 3,415 6,926 3,389
1975: Jan ...... 3,668 3,418 7,086 102 92 194 3,770 3,510 7,280 3,240 Feb ...... 3,127 2,780 5,907 89 77 166 3,216 2,857 6,073 2,475 Mar...... 3,022 2,820 5,842 84 81 165 3,106 2,901 6,007 3,008
2.2 STATIDTICS OF REGISTERED DEATHS
Chinese Non-Chinese Total Year/month Female Unknown Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male sex
1971 ...... 11,224 8,754 19,978 186 89 275 11,410 8,843 20,253 1972 ...... 11,709 9,146 20,855 201 87 288 11,910 9,233 2 21,145 1973 ...... 11.809 9,261 21.070 202 88 290 12,011 9,349 21,360 1974 ··························· 12,042 9,722 21,764 178 101 279 12,220 9,823 7 22,050 1974: Mar...... 1,274 1,111 2,385 15 9 24 1,289 1,120 2,409 Apr...... 952 825 1,777 5 9 14 957 834 1,791 May ...... 1,017 827 1,844 12 8 20 1,029 835 2 1,866 June ...... 801 629 1,430 11 9 20 812 638 2 1,452 July ...... 901 719 1,620 11 5 16 912 724 1,636 Aug ...... 898 745 1,643 17 5 22 915 750 1,665 Sept ...... 841 642 1,483 21 13 34 862 655 1,517 Oct...... 944 715 1,659 20 13 33 964 728 1,692 Nov...... 823 678 1,501 10 7 17 833 685 1,519 Dec ...... 1,079 785 1,864 21 9 30 1,100 794 2 1,869
1975: Jan ...... 1,151 834 1,985 25 8 33 1,176 842 2,019 Feb ...... 884 742 1,626 13 6 19 897 748 1,645 Mar...... 879 757 1,636 23 3 26 902 760 1,662
2 VITAL STATISTICS
2.3 DEATHS BY CAUSE
1973 1973 1973 1974 1974 Cause of death 1970 1971 1972 1973 2nd 3rd 4th lst 2nd qtr. qtr. qtr. qtr. qtr.
Infective and parasitic ...... 1,633 1,459 1,469 1,393 325 336 333 445 332 Neoplasms ...... 3,976 4,256 4,388 4,562 1,152 1,084 1,232 1,135 1,182 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic ... 213 179 204 236 55 51 71 73 38 Blood and blood-forming organs ...... 98 56 72 59 11 16 18 15 12 Mental disorders ...... 22 14 13 18 4 8 4 5 6 Nervous system and sense organs ...... 206 148 130 138 38 36 32 51 46 Circulatory system ...... 5,224 5,129 5,157 5,358 1,258 1,188 1,419 1,974 1,248 Respiratory system ...... 3,108 3,369 3,645 3,373 842 798 805 1,455 872 Digestive system ...... 1,093 1,033 1,043 1,135 251 267 329 320 257 Genito-urinary system ····················· 455 440 454 443 119 101 96 99 101 Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium ...... 15 11 16 8 3 2 2 5 3 Skin and subcutaneous tissues ...... 28 20 10 28 5 6 13 8 4 Musculoskeletal system and connective tissues ······································· 22 14 40 43 7 16 11 11 13 Congenital anomalies ······················ 320 283 350 336 84 85 75 112 91 Certain causes of perinatal mortality ... 669 620 576 550 152 156 143 147 109 Symptoms ill-defined ...... 1,964 1,784 1,813 1,779 372 357 556 739 402 Accidents, poisonings and violence ...... 1,717 1,438 1,765 1,901 462 525 501 422 393
Total ...... 20,763 20,253 21,145 21,360 5,140 5,032 5,640 7,016 5,109
3 SECTION 3 EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, ACCIDENTS AND LABOUR STOPPAGES IN INDUSTRY
3.1 NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ANALYSED BY I.S.I.C. MAJOR GROUPS
All establishments Registered or recorded establishments lnfostry Establishments Employees Establishments Employees Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 1973 1974 1973 1974 1973 1974 1973 1974
Food products ...... 1,118 1,031 14,352 13,625 847 817 12,581 12,215 Beverages ...... 33 25 3,213 2,864 24 19 3,086 2,825 Tobacco ...... 4 4 831 817 3 3 825 817 Textiles ...... 3,600 2,989 107,223 94,699 2,623 2,339 101,119 91,032 Wearing apparel, except footwear ...... 6,135 5,027 181,179 169,110 3,985 3,412 167,794 159,998 Leather and leather products, except foot- wear and wearing apparel ...... 123 120 1,768 1,704 68 72 1,348 1,383 Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear ...... 512 413 4,747 3,945 245 198 3,898 3,305 Wood and cork products, except furniture 1,128 974 7,553 6,215 649 585 5,414 4,661 Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal ...... 1,092 976 7,855 6,379 648 613 5,895 4,944
Paper and paper products ...... 846 777 8,103 6,525 610 ~1 ~166 ~8" Printing, publishing and allied industries 1,369 1,316 19,285 18,319 1,233 1,208 18,713 17,934 Chemicals and chemical products ...... 347 306 6,007 5,204 210 196 5,136 4,657 Products of petroleum and coal ...... 2 15 8 2 15 8 Rubber products (figures for rubber foot- wear in brackets) ...... 388 333 7,277 6,621 341 298 7,123 6,510 (213) (171) (6,088) (5,427) (183) (151) (5,979) (5,354) Plastic products (figures for plastic toys in brackets)...... 3,631 3,158 70,560 56,121 3,248 2,902 68,121 54,942 (1,316) (1,144) (35,723) (30,807) (1,208) (1,081) (34,849) (30,386) Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum and coal ...... 302 264 4,238 3,042 173 156 3,425 2,404 Basic metal industries ...... 242 211 3,058 2,892 174 160 2,559 2,478 Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment ...... 4,393 3,976 54,431 48,518 3,651 3,416 50,915 46,301 Machinery, except electrical ...... 1,149 1,035 10,997 9,650 911 861 10,016 8,910 Electrical machinery, apparatus, appli- ances and supplies (figures for electronic parts and components for computers and transistorized radios in brackets) . . . 794 677 70,345 60,930 658 578 69,131 60,199 (390) (320) (56,070) (47,535) (357) (296) (55,558) (47,283) Transport equipment ...... 218 202 13,942 13,716 89 100 13,100 13,260 Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment not elsewhere classified, and of photographic and optical goods...... 218 217 9,872 10,485 174 186 9,478 10,155 Other manufacturing industries ...... 1,461 1,218 19,541 14,530 904 793 15,843 12,184
Total ...... 29,105 25,250 626,392 555,919 21,470 19,494 582,701 526,977
4 INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT
3.2 NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY BY EMPLOYMENT SIZE
All establishments Registered or recorded establishments
Size of establishment December December March March March December (number of employees) 1973 1974 1972 1973 1974 1974
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1-9 18,414 75,628 15,239 60,932 9,881 44,258 11,569 50,284 12,554 51,021 10,596 44,179 10-19 4,450 60,085 3,605 48,381 3,423 46,520 3,785 51,291 3,686 48,390 3,037 41,130 20-49 2,826 88,124 2,555 77,928 2,573 80,458 2,599 81,737 2,604 82,070 2,429 74,571 50-99 1,251 86,784 1,086 75,147 1,139 79,425 1,228 85,380 1,225 82,310 1,074 74,333 100-199 653 90,815 586 80,320 614 85,892 613 85,617 647 87,324 582 79,787 200-499 346 101,525 343 101,716 353 102,994 341 101,568 347 95,762 342 101,482 500-999 89 62,114 82 56,682 78 50,995 79 54,253 89 60,155 82 56,682 1,000-1,999 31 41,645 28 36,228 31 40,437 31 42,860 31 41,158 28 36,228 2,000 and over ...... 8 19,672 18,585 10 27,035 9 23,003 19,373 8 18,585 Temporarily ceased operation ...... 1,037 1,718 568 580 454 1,316
Total...... 29,105 626,392 25,250 555,919 18,670 558,014 20,834 575,993 21,645 567,563 19,494 526,977
3.3 EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY ANALYSED BY I.S.I.C. DMSIONS
All establishments Registered or recorded establishments
Industry December December December December December December 1973 1974 1971 1972 1973 1974
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Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco...... 14,502 3,894 13,740 3,566 12,039 2,995 12,450 3,275 13,015 3,477 12,607 3,250 Textile, wearing apparel and leather industries ...... 117,023 177,894 102,685 166, 773 104,755 159,357 105,653 164,222 104,989 169,170 94,472 161,246 Manufacture of wood and cork products, including furniture...... 13,113 2,295 10,835 1,759 8,548 1,756 9,242 1,840 9,455 1,854 8,175 1,430 Manufacture of paper and paper products, printing and publishing 23, 150 4,238 20,890 3,954 21,574 3,729 22,052 3,723 21,961 3,918 20,083 3,706 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical, petroleum, coal, rubber and plastic products ...... 41,830 42,029 32,538 35,416 42,858 40,995 42,812 42,799 39,766 40,629 31,421 34,696 Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, except pro- ducts of petroleum and coal...... 3,085 1,153 2,372 670 2,419 765 2,462 863 2,432 993 1,856 548 Basic metal industries ...... 2,807 251 2,660 232 2,605 201 2,631 222 2,338 221 2,279 199 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, machinery and equipment ...... 84,037 75,550 76,610 66,689 71,962 58,132 77,557 66,254 78,597 74,043 73,028 65,797 Other manufacturing industries...... 10,879 8,662 8,516 6,014 8,943 20,737 8,053 12,745 8,256 7,587 6,773 5,411
Total...... 310,426 315,966 270,846 285,073 275,703 288,667 282,912 295,943 280,809 301,892 250,694 276,283
5 INDUSTRIAL WAGES
3.4 INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS (AND THE INDEX OF OVERALL REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES)
(March 1964=100)
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Wages in Mar. Sept. Mar. Sept. Mar. Sept. Mar. Sept. Mar. Sept. Sept. 1974
Excluding fringe benefits (HK$) Overall ...... 163 177 192 204 213 224 239 253 260 263 23.12 Cotton spinning ...... 156 179 189 196 202 215 238 246 268 267 20.71 Cotton weaving (3 shifts) ...... 157 177 194 206 215 225 246 257 269 272 20.54 Cotton weaving (2 shifts) ...... 154 164 184 214 223 224 246 268 302 290 24.08 Cotton knitting ...... 189 207 217 226 239 238 265 292 304 313 26.70 Garments ...... 169 185 199 212 216 227 236 252 252 249 23.49 Rubber footwear ...... 197 212 230 239 254 254 268 275 278 285 22.80 Plastic flowers ...... 153 159 173 183 189 217 219 219 229 220 21.04 Enamelware ...... 152 162 165 175 192 197 228 268 287 288 25.04 Metal torch cases ...... 192 219 226 244 270 272 284 294 317 308 18.98 Electronics ...... 180 192 209 223 249 265 290 306 318 332 21.33 Dockyards ...... 167 171 190 195 213 2i5 245 260 255 314 31.80 Electricity supply ...... 149 151 166 169 182 185 209 232 251 254 28.53 Bus operators ...... 139 155 155 175 178 181 204 218 241 243 23.29 Tramway operators ...... 162 166 165 183 181 205 242 255 291 293 30.76 Telephone service ...... 163 163 180 180 203 204 228 238 274 281 27.55 Motor vehicle repairing ...... 152 159 171 173 188 194 225 243 269 278 27.14 Textiles* ...... 169 187 202 215 222 234 247 262 267 265 22.92 Manufacturingt ...... 165 180 196 208 218 230 243 256 263 263 22.51 Utilities and dockyards ...... 157 162 174 184 197 200 227 240 258 277 27.84 Including fringe benefits Overall ...... 161 176 190 200 209 220 238 252 260 262 26.79 Cotton spinning ...... 152 178 187 194 198 211 240 250 269 269 29.54 Cotton weaving (3 shifts) ...... 148 171 188 199 205 217 240 253 256 260 27.53 Cotton weaving (2 shifts) ...... 150 166 180 206 215 218 241 259 293 292 29.56 Cotton knitting ...... 189 208 219 228 242 241 267 293 306 313 28.31 Garments ...... 174 190 205 218 222 235 248 263 263 259 25.23 Rubber footwear ...... 203 214 232 238 257 258 273 276 280 288 24.46 Plastic flowers ...... 152 161 174 185 190 217 222 222 229 222 23.30 Enamelware ...... 158 172 174 185 206 213 248 300 316 324 30.80 Metal torch cases ...... 201 230 238 255 288 295 320 333 336 333 21.37 Electronics ...... 189 198 213 222 249 269 303 323 334 346 26.08 Dockyards ...... 161. 164 182 186 202 204 227 241 237 291 32.41 Electricity supply ...... 143 145 160 163 175 177 205 227 245 248 34.05 Bus operators ...... 131 146 145 164 166 169 191 204 225 227 30.64 Tramway operators ...... 158 162 161 178 176 198 232 245 278 280 36.10 Telephone service ...... 159 159 174 174 196 197 218 228 261 267 32.34 Motor vehicle repairing ...... 154 162 174 176 191 198 231 250 277 288 32.83 Textiles* ...... 165 184 198 210 215 227 244 258 263 260 26.20 Manufacturingt ...... 165 181 195 206 215 227 245 259 265 265 26.04 Utilities and dockyards ...... 149 156 165 173 185 188 211 226 243 260 32.33
Index of overall real average daily wages for industrial workers Excluding fringe benefits ...... 132 136 145 151 156 156 159 146 141 135 Including fringe benefits ...... 131 135 143 148 153 154 158 145 141 135
* Textiles consist of cotton spinning, cotton weaving (two and three shifts), cotton knitting and garments. t Manufacturing includes the first ten industries from cotton spinning to electronics listed above.
6 ACCIDENTS
3.5 REPORTED ACCIDENTS BY CAUSE
Gassing, Machinery: Machinery: Explosions or Hot or poisoning and Power driven Other Transport fires corrosive other toxic Electricity Falls of persons substances substances Year/quarter C:- C:- 0 !l 0 !l z~ z~
1971...... 12 7,475 7,487 277 278 5 431 436 30 234 264 696 697 6 6 2 43 45 27 747 774
1972 ...... 2 4,599 4,601 616 617 8 318 326 14 205 219 592 592 5 11 16 2 44 46 39 1,577 1,616
1973 13 5,994 6,007 511 514 80 1,138 1,218 18 300 318 1,542 1,542 4 14 18 9 100 109 65 2,965 3,030
1974t 8 6,065 6,073 415 415 48 1,032 1,080 12 280 292 1,395 1,395 3 8 11 3 112 115 56 3,438 3,494
1973:4th qtr.... 4 1,532 1,536 - 137 137 13 276 289 82 83 - 392 392 - 3 - 31 31 16 793 809
1974: lst qtr.... 1,207 1,207 102 102 14 209 223 67 70 249 249 2 26 26 12 690 702
2nd qtr.... 5 1,566 1,571 124 124 10 261 271 4 74 78 307 307 2 2 22 24 9 826 835
3rd qtr.... 1,845 1,846 116 116 13 300 313 5 71 76 476 476 3 4 37 37 21 1,045 1,066
4th qtr.... 2 1,447 1,449 73 73 11 262 273 68 68 363 363 27 28 14 877 891
Stepping on Handling Miscellaneous or striking Falls of Grand total• against Falling objects grounds without Hand tools and causes not objects machinery yet ascertained Year/quarter C:- C: C:- !l 3 0 !! 0 !l 0 .. o::l z~ E-< µ. z~ z~
1971...... 33 4, 194 4,227 14 1,631 1,645 3 3,380 3,380 1,588 1,588 14 83 97 139 20,788 20,927
1972 ...... 3,552 3,553 10 1,770 1,780 9 13 22 4 2,614 2,618 1,712 1,712 26 1,369 1,395 121 18,992 19,113
1973 ...... 6 3,795 3,801 11 2,129 2,140 10 15 2 5,303 5,305 3,250 3,253 85 3,163 3,248 304 30,214 30,518
1974t ...... 4 4,400 4,404 9 2,173 2,182 5 8 13 4,298 4,299 2,894 2,895 84 4,262 4,346 234 30,780 31,014
1973:4th qtr.... - 1,031 1,031 - 544 544 - 5 5 - 1,346 1,346 - 828 828 27 1,065 1,092 61 8,065 8,126
1974: lst qtr.... 836 837 3 404 407 852 852 608 608 24 1,204 1,228 58 6,457 6,515
2nd qtr.... 1,241 1,242 450 450 2 5 1,151 1,151 696 696 25 1,006 1,031 60 7,728 7,788
3rd qtr.... 2 1,329 1,331 4 808 812 2 4 6 1,147 1,148 840 841 14 1,230 1,244 65 9,251 9,316
4th qtr.... 994 994 2 511 513 1,148 1,148 750 750 21 822 843 51 7,344 7,395
• Figures for 1971-1972 include only industrial accidents. t Figures for 1974 are subject to amendments.
7 INDUSTRIAL WORK STOPPAGES
3.6 STOPPAGES OF WORK BY INDUSTRY
1974 1974 1974 1974 1975 1971 1972 1973 1974 lst 2nd 3rd 4th lst qtr. qtr. qtr. qtr. qtr.
Number of work stoppages Agriculture, forestry, fishing ...... Mining and quarrying ...... Manufacturing ...... 28 35 35 13 4 2 3 4 4 Electricity, gas, water ...... 2 Construction ...... 7 4 8 6 2 2 Wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels ······························ 3 Transport, storage, communication ... 4 2 10 Financing, insurance, real estate and business services ························ 2 Community, social and personal serv- ices ·······································
Total ...... 42 46 54 19 6 4 4 5 4
Working days lost Agriculture, forestry, fishing ...... Mining and quarrying ...... Manufacturing ...... 15,977 38,118 20,370 9,969 668 161 1,359 7,781 418 Electricity, gas, water ...... 225 Construction ...... 5,245 1,381 8,136 739 131 220 88 300 Wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels ...... 23 175 Transport, storage, communication ... 4,130 2,140 28,050 Financing, insurance, real estate and business services ························ 20 135 Community, social and personal serv-
ices ..... - ~ ......
Total ...... 25,600 41,834 56,691 10,708 799 381 1,447 8,081 418
8 SECTION 4 PRODUCTION
4.1 MINING PRODUCTION Metric tons
Iron ore Year/quarter Feldspar (50-56% Fe Kaolin Quartz concentrate)
1971 1,145 162,739 2,540 5,141 1972 1,149 162,283 3,162 3,631 1973 1,340 150,713 6,753 991 1974 5,566 159,737 3,320 351
1974: lst quarter ...... 3,169 35,629 1,809 173 2nd quarter ...... 1,761 39,319 641 5 3rd quarter ...... 251 45,452 551 102 4th quarter ...... 385 39,336 318 71
1975: lst quarter ...... 483 34,968 288
4.2 ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION Million kWh
Year/month Domestic Commercial Industrial Street lighting Total
1971 ································ 1,058.77 1,779.86 2,031.17 21.48 4,891.28 1972 ································ 1,193.37 1,984.57 2,211.41 22.99 5,412.34 1973 ································ 1,322.29 2,243.96 2,419.89 24.45 6,010.60 1974 ································ 1,393.72 2,178.71 2,319.10 25.60 5,917.13 1974: Mar...... 87.24 139.31 176.06 2.02 404.63 Apr. ························ 91.31 156.90 189.94 2.09 440.25 May ...... , ...... 102.68 191.58 213.93 2.02 510.21 June ...... 124.78 200.58 215.43 1.95 542.73 July ························ 152.01 229.67 230.87 2.00 614.55 Aug ...... 157.81 224.93 221.42 2.09 606.25 Sept ...... 143.99 216.42 200.89 2.05 563.35 Oct ...... 139.04 214.64 196.41 2.26 552.36 Nov...... 111.28 177.16 180.25 2.28 470.97 Dec. ·························· 91.88 152.96 170.62 2.30 417.76 1975: Jan...... 106.16 159.08 169.39 2.53 437.15 Feb. ························ 103.94 147.18 134.34 2.37 387.83 Mar ...... 97.37 146.00 153.29 2.16 398.82
Note: Relevant Orders of Emergency (Control of Oil) Regulations 1973 came into operation from IOth December, 1973 to 23rd May, 1974.
9 ' PRODUCTION
4.3 GAS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Therms
Year/month Domestic Commercial Industrial Total
1971 ··························································· 5,149,564 3,717,691 946,057 9,813,312 1972 ...... 5,567.203 4,179.161 1,012,551 10,758,915 1973 ··························································· 6,572,427 4,554,073 982,652 12,109,152 1974 ...... 7,784,524 5,295,410 907,067 13,987,001
1974: Mar...... 722,711 470,727 86,191 1,279,629 Apr...... 703,529 465,483 85,030 1,254,042 May ...... 657,633 471,474 84,840 1,213,947 June ...... 579,674 418,800 73,133 1,071,607 July ...... 583,480 443,~25 81,457 1,108,462 Aug...... 527,609 403,935 74,895 1,006,439 Sept...... 535,837 404,136 69,593 1,009,566 Oct...... 571,497 421,060 64,321 1,056,878 Nov...... 631,493 416,124 74,227 1,121,844 Dec...... 687,099 415,810 63,548 1,166,457
1975: Jan...... 815,442 522,324 75,764 1,413,530 Feb...... 792,420 467,848 69,062 1,329,330 Mar...... 727,120 464,259 77,412 1,268,791 ------
4.4 CEMENT PRODUCTION Metric tons
Year/month Total production
1971 511,827 1972 408,314 1973 441 ,211 1974 570,946
1974: Mar ...... 59,595 Apr...... 51,290 May ...... 43,620 June ...... 41,252 July ...... 48,397 Aug...... 65,189 Sept ...... 48,870 Oct ...... 42,035 Nov...... 49,774 Dec ...... 51,344
1975: Jan ...... 59,076 Feb...... 42,731 Mar...... 46,543
10 PRODUCTION
4.5 TEXTILE PRODUCTION
1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1970 1971 1972 1973 3rd 4th lst 2nd 3rd qtr. qtr. qtr. qtr. qtr.
Total number of reporting factoriest 205 202 190 191 187 191 202 200 203
Yarns (thousand lbs.)
1. Cotton yam: (a) under 15's 152,690 158,572 142,565 179,607 45,095 51,794 55,078 54,189 50,241 (b) 15's-40's 169,372 145,054 105,629 110,906 28,574 28,897 25,122 29,791 26,427 (c) over 40's 5,378 4,011 6,012 5,709 1,547 1,639 1,361 1,862 1,838 Total ...... 327,439 307,637 254,205 296,222 75,216 82,331 81,561 85,842 78,506 No. of reporting factories ...... 32 32 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
2. Other yarns: (a) cotton/man-made fibre yam 34,934 44,336 63,446 74,545 19,439 19,855 16,621 15,360 11,853 (b) man-made fibre yarn (pure) 8,157 13,491 9,915 14,160 4,009 4,133 3,920 3,776 3,566
(c) woollen yam...... 26,663 20,769 22,123 19,900 4,726 4,612 3,963 3,672 2,729
(d) wool/man-made fibre yam... 936 1,273 1,212 2,559 720 702 310 343 225 No. of reporting factories ...... 30 27 29 29 29 29 26 26 25
Piece goods (thousand sq. yds.)
1. Cotton piece goods: (a) grey ...... 684,793 670,555 544,059 597,412 155,969 156,405 138,695 139,878 128,550
(b) yam-dyed ...... 73,068 90,101 77,310 102,577 25,425 33,627 33,113 32,156 28,103 (c) cotton towelling ...... 13,618 13,680 16,190 13,823 3,701 3,223 2,849 4,797 4,382 No.ofreportingfactories ...... 123 119 113 .118 116 118 120 120 123
2. Other piece goods: (a) cotton/man-made cellulosic fibres ...... 34,465 44,310 60,455 41,501 8,984 6,853 5,837 3,412 1,870
(b) cotton/man-made non- cellulosic fibres ...... 47,473 55,919 78,041 97,016 24,788 26,740 23,274 21,687 19,866
(c) man-made cellulosic fibres .. . 1,538 1,295 845 694 145 235 393 124 92
(d) man-made non-cellulosic fibres* ...... 1,780 2,903 2,575 2,684 777 875 1,319 1,199 831
(e) silk/man-made fibres ...... 344 285 176 99 28 5 3 4 3 (f) silk ...... 438 261 146 46 9 9 6 6 4
(g) woollen ...... 175 93 100 98 27 22 18 36 84
No. of reporting factories ...... ~ ~ ~ 44 ~ 44 ~ ~ 46
t A factory may produce more than one of the four categories of products under consideration. Thus the sum of the factories under the four categories does not necessarily add up to the total number of reporting factories covering the four categories. • Including fabrics made of admixture of cellulosic and non-cellulosic fibres.
11 SECTION 5 EX1ERNAL TRADE
5.1 EXTERNAL TRADE $million
Cumulative totals Imports Domestic exports Domestic ReMexports Total Trade Year/month Imports exports exports balance % change % change % change % change Year to on 12 months on Year to on 12 months on date previous to date previous dd'te previous to date previous year 12 months year 12 months
1971 ...... 20,256.23 13,749.85 3,414.39 17,164.24 -3,091.99 +15.05 +' 11.37 1972 ...... 21,763.93 15,245.15 4,154.44 19,399.59 -2,364.34 + 7.44 +10.88 1973 ...... 29,004.60 19,474.35 6,525.01 25,999.36 -3,005.24 +33.27 +27.74 1974 ...... 34,120.08 22,911.34 7,124.35 30,035.69 -4,084.40 +17.64 +17.65
1974: Feb...... 2,553.15 1,506.59 590.42 2,097.01 -456.14 4,985.84 +32.11 30,216.38 +34.66 3,402.08 +38.31 20,416.70 +32.14 Mar...... 3,079.22 1,870.34 638.86 2,509.20 -570.02 8,065.06 +41.30 31,362.04 +38.18 5,272.42 +39.88 20,977.53 +33.59
Apr...... 3,155.26 1,921.80 604.29 2,526.09 -629.17 11,220.32 +43.54 32,408.22 +40.51 7,194.23 +41.9~ 21,601.49 +35.64 May ...... 3,461.09 2,203.26 683.56 2,886.83 -574.26 14,681.41 +47.09 33,704.83 +44.27 9,397.49 +43.69 22,331.76 +38.52
June ...... 3,157.47 2,074.29 605.66 2,679.95 -477.52 17,~38.88 +44.29 34,479.94 +44.76 11,471.78 +40.29 22,768.96 +38.54 July ...... 3,067.47 2,100.59 590.39 2,690.99 -376.48 20,906.35 +42.15 35,203.87 +44.85 13,572.37 +38.29 23,232.13 +38.60 Aug...... 2,964.98 2,191.00 623.56 2,814.57 -150.41 23,871.32 +38.85 35,684.15 +43.35 15,763.38 +34.04 23,477.60 +35.78 Sept...... 2,679.26 1,981.16 598.09 2,579.25 -100.01 26 550.58 +33.45 35,658.98 +38.79 17,744.53 +29.71 23,538.54 +32.80 Oct...... 2,453.35 1,624.48 520.84 2,145.33 -308.02 29,003.93 +26.66 35,109.35 +31.02 19,369.02 +24.32 23,263.08 +28.27 Nov...... 2,574.37 1,810.51 · 566.61 2,377.12 -197.25 31,578.30 +21.70 34,635.76 +24.02 21,179.53 +20.92 23,139.05 +23.56 Dec...... 2,541.78 1,731.81 526.56 2,258.37 -283.41 34,120.08 +17.64 34,120.08 +17.64 22,911.34 +17.65 22,911.34 +17.65
1975: Jan...... 2,405.93 1,634.93 514.91 2,149.84 -256.09 2,405.93 - 1.10 34,093.32 + 15.26 1,634.93 -13.75 22,650.78 +12.38 Feb ...... 2,153.91 1,272.49 484.98 1,757.47 -396.44 4,559.84 - 8.54 33,694.08 + 11.51 2,907.43 -14.54 22,416.68 + 9.80 Mar.• .. . 2,434.63 1,621.33 558.47
* Provisional figures for month only.
5.2 IMPORTS BY AREAS $million
Central North Western Soviet Union and Middle Australasia Postal Total Year/month E rope and Eastern Asia Africa and America u Europe South East Oceania packages merchandise America
1971 2,663.84 4,161.95 120.54 204.84 486.33 11,508.31 428.44 668.64 13.34 20,256.23 1972 2,721.34 4,181.54 120.25 215.03 513.98 12,957.20 389.02 653.68 11.90 21,763.93 1973 3,853.68 5,569.89 185.86 413.68 569.41 16,996.23 568.61 839.29 7.94 29,004.60 1974 4,827.38 6,211.89 235.12 277.82 804.46 20,236.83 609.21 910.72 6.65 34,120.08 1974: Feb. 374.78 448.36 21.79 26.89 78.17 1,514.86 43.00 44.95 0.35 2,553.15 Mar. 373.54 552.52 15.44 28.23 67.98 1,893.59 80.23 67.35 0.34 3,079.22 Apr. 511.03 544.28 19.17 37.00 111.81 1,811.81 58.90 60.84 0.42 3,155.26 May 569.87 690.44 16.68 31.24 42.20 1,938.00 58.51 113.63 0.51 3,461.09 June 463.37 570.35 33.63 28.74 87.04 1,856.65 43.97 73.14 0.58 3,157.47 July 421.79 565.20 28.05 16.85 62.84 1,813.65 53.08 105.47 0.53 3,067.47 Aug. 502.30 521.17 22.57 27.16 89.42 1,653.36 41.40 107.07 0.53 2,964.98 Sept. .. . 374.84 502.81 23.82 11.45 62.53 1,598.12 33.92 70.99 0.79 2,679.26 Oct. .. . 336.06 483.45 20.11 21.42 46.32 1,440.81 38.82 65.38 0.98 2,453.35 Nov ... . 335.87 454.27 13.72 17.98 48.93 1,591.61 58.75 52.56 0.68 2,574.37 Dec. 282.87 460.86 9.29 18.79 36.51 1,610.67 47.62 74.58 0.58 2,541.78 1975: Jan. 280.37 433.39 15.87 32.57 29.31 1,509.33 29.89 74.76 0.45 2,405.93 Feb. 272.18 411.29 13.87 16.25 30.72 1,302.65 63.80 42.62 0.53 2,153.91
12 EXTERNAL TRADE
5.3 DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY AREAS $million
Soviet Union Central North Western d and Middle Ausantradlasia Postal Total Year/month Europe an Eastern S th Asia Africa America Europe ou_ East Oceania packages merchandise America
1971 6,192.12 4,215.63 4.37 308.43 238.50 1,561.03 562.37 661.60 5.82 13,749.85 1972 6,625.68 5,096.67 10.94 328.92 286.69 1,612.07 587.69 688.03 8.46 15,245.15 1973 7,337.08 6,731.25 34.87 326.21 443.82 2,798.48 685.68 1,107.81 9.14 19,474.35 1974 8,041.56 7,757.28 47.53 428.20 630.18 3,169.73 1,043.02 1,785.60 8.23 22,911.34
1974: Feb ... . 497.39 516.53 5.75 26.18 33.79 252.28 59.89 114.19 0.58 1,506.59 Mar... . 656.19 647.59 3.78 29.55 40.96 297.80 86.03 107.87 0.57 1,870.34 Apr. 677.63 618.87 2.23 39.62 49.91 251.89 82.76 198.33 0.57 1,921.80 May 785.60 735.71 4.97 46.95 59.42 277.90 100.94 191.17 0.60 2,203.26 June 794.88 702.79 4.07 33.24 59.83 254.71 93.94 130.19 0.64 2,074.29 July 787,45 663.52 6.06 48.68 57.60 267.22 88.46 180.92 0.69 2,100.59 Aug ... . 749.18 700.71 4.94 32.10 74.01 316.79 120.99 191.59 0.69 2,191.00 Sept ... . 814.49 534.73 5.09 42.04 65.43 279.67 91.93 146.86 0.92 1,981.16 Oct... . 559.62 519.41 2.75 37.74 48.87 242.23 84.13 128.91 0.81 1,624.48 Nov... . 585.84 664.00 1.82 37.87 60.52 253.15 77.84 128.75 0.72 . . 1,810.51 Dec. 517.26 728.89 1.27 25.04 44.55 218.18 76.36 119.43 0.83 1,731.81
1975: Jan. 512.43 661.50 5.09 27.52 44.02 196.79 64.69 122.17 0.73 1,634.93 Feb. 356.70 542.90 2.06 20.89 41.45 155.57 73.27 78.88 0.78 1,272.49
5.4 RE-EXPORTS BY AREAS $million
North Western Soviet Union Central Middle Australasia Total Year/month and Eastern and South East Asia Africa and eh dise America Europe Europe America Oceania mer an
1971 338.93 348.23 0.20 78.24 87.71 2,222.12 152.96 185.98 3,414.39 1972 409.46 449.01 5.66 113.18 110.67 2,749.48 134.43 182.55 4,154.44 1973 509.77 560.10 1.06 149.30 189.47 4,721.41 173.31 220.58 6,525.01 1974 577.90 765.16 9.75 191.00 253.37 4,744.76 292.67 289.74 7,124.35
1974: Feb...... 36.14 44.58 0.06 13.57 22.57 441.74 14.65 17.11 590.42 Mar ...... 44.33 57.07 0.08 21.18 18.05 454.32 22.66 21.17 638.86 Apr...... 52.36 67.96 0.05 14.57 22.69 393.88 22.13 30.65 604.29 May ...... 59.29 84.43 0.01 16.80 19.96 448.73 24.99 29.34 683.56 June ...... 49.11 56.84 0.03 15.89 24.63 406.40 27.21 25.56 605.66 July ...... 44.01 67.83 0.02 19.58 15.82 389.69 27.22 26.22 590.39 Aug ...... 54.61 66.75 0.35 19.22 18.79 399.34 34.36 30.14 623.56 Sept ...... 56.96 63.13 0.02 14.72 19.98 394.38 26.58 22.33 598.09 Oct ...... 46.72 65.99 0.35 17.10 13.24 329.57 22.14 25.73 520.84 Nov...... 50.44 63.26 7.02 14.74 20.13 356.86 26.20 27.96 566.61 Dec...... 41.71 61.28 1.25 12.56 24.74 344.21 24.23 16.59 526.56
1975: Jan. 39.66 47.97 0.09 13.63 19.27 355.88 19.99 18.41 514.91 Feb. 37.08 41.22 0.02 13.80 15.30 339.30 23.87 14.40 484.98
13 EXTERNAL TRADE
5.5 TRADE WITH MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS $million
Imports Domestic exports Year/month Fed. Rep. of Japan Japan China U.S.A. U.K. Taiwan U.S.A. U · K · Germany Canada
1971 4,926.46 3,330.37 2,534.54 1,592.70 991.50 5,708.33 l,946.25 1,128.06 484.32 483.79 1972 5,045.04 3,846.94 2,595.06 1,437.39 1,308.70 6,124.78 2,194.95 1,524.68 479.61 500.90 1973 5,852.92 5,633.99 3,701.89 1,715.54 1,685.85 6,825.24 2,814.49 1,901.98 1,064.92 511.84 1974 7,141.50 5,990.52 4,621.06 1,941.85 1,765.30 7,422.34 2,768.04 2,444.48 1,061.24 619.22 1974: Feb ...... 516.49 407.36 353.77 100.61 133.54 461.34 198.25 142.86 72.30 36.06 Mar...... 645.09 545.74 358.35 189.82 151.56 606.19 247.37 185.59 86.43 50.00 Apr...... 629.02 517.63 494.81 155.44 171.89 618.08 242.08 181.05 71.74 59.55 May ...... 694.21 545.47 550.37 209.20 182.75 725.59 287.16 220.98 77.60 60.01 June ...... 715.23 506.24 442.58 182.49 170.35 735.12 236.42 235.71 80.13 59.76 July ...... 696.20 476.25 397.96 180.87 166.45 732.56 215.54 215.21 103.31 54.89 Aug ...... 588.85 482.39 489.31 163.16 151.10 695.22 240.40 225.06 117.60 53.96 Sept ...... 596.39 489.51 359.42 188.83 124.38 767.28 188.82 167.33 118.96 47.21 Oct ...... 540.03 471.43 318.14 147.47 106.80 512.24 183.99 169.95 89.87 47.37 Nov...... 524.51 567.88 324.72 146.54 126.03 536.05 214.88 237.69 81.33 49.79 Dec...... 518.22 524.28 264.87 155.71 138.96 467.20 229.07 258.58 68.58 50.06 1975: Jan...... 478.16 488.37 266.40 161.74 124.74 463.38 185.75 236.85 57.82 49.04 Feb...... 463.01 372.53 251.48 128.02 96.20 317.85 169.94 196.78 49.42 38.85
5.6 IMPORTS BY S.I.T.C. COMMODITY SECTIONS $million
Commodi Manufac Miscel Food tured Machinery ties and Beverages Mineral Animal and laneous 5 Total and and Crude fuels and ve~etable Chemicals goods and manufac- i~~an~ ~~t merchan Year/month live materials 01 transport tobacco lubricants f~t~nd classified tured classified dise animals chiefly by equipment articles according material to kind
1971 ...... 3,474.08 442.56 1,458.42 652.81 118.89 1,517.09 6,628.14 3,466.81 2,449.80 47.64 20,256.23 1972 ...... 3,679.12 473.70 1,417.35 668.40 112.99 1,637.32 7,240.49 3,856.66 2,632.11 . 45.79 21,763.93 1973 ...... 4,914.27 578.99 2,101.28 790.60 134.17 2,204.47 9,779.37 4,925.27 3,523.06 53.11 29,004.60 1974 ...... 6,111.44 540.16 2,360.12 2,132.66 216.00 2,891.96 10,174.27 5,623.87 4,004.28 65.33 34,120.08 1974: Feb. 384.03 45.45 160.38 171.88 25.58 227.78 861.69 396.08 275.92 4.36 2,553.15 Mar. 551.25 53.26 230.84 170.85 16.22 296.01 953.71 477.36 325.03 4.68 3,079.22 Apr. 569.08 42;05 284.08 191.06 24.67 261.97 972.76 499.82 305.67 4.10 3,155.26 May 619.24 48.18 260.18 138.32 14.91 321.70 1,070.54 586.06 397.09 4.86 3,461.09 June 508.80 46.69 217.41 217.73 9.09 292.99 949.36 550.63 360.27 4.49 3,157.47 July 483.73 46.08 199.13 216.16 12.22 247.98 917.07 533.63 406.23 5.24 3,067.47 Aug. 551.20 50.47 233.29 224.95 10.46 244.18 790.93 532.16 321.73 5.60 2,964.98 Sept. 511.93 41.56 151.80 196.35 13.78 219.93 740.78 447.95 349.84 5.34 2,679.26 Oct. 432.51 40.15 130.75 146.73 17.36 221.65 694.07 415.17 349:27 5.69 2,453.35 Nov. 516.84 32.00 176.66 159.08 23.70 203.89 667.93 439.90 345.98 8.40 2,574.37 Dec. 539.96 55.87 159.88 166.84 27.50 187.22 716.04 380.82 300.28 7.38 2,541.78 1975: Jan. 527.85 39.74 161.05 174.58 22.12 181.37 621.87 396.47 274.29 6.58 2,405.93 Feb. 469.68 44.74 152.47 114.23 13.75 146.96 547.70 407.08 252.99 4.30 2,153.91
S.I.T.C.: Standard Interoational Trade Classification.
14 EXTERNAL TRADE
5.7 DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY S.I.T.C. COMMODITY SECTIONS S million
Commodi Manufac Miscel ties and Food Beverages Mineral Animal and tured Machinery laneous transac Total and Crude fuels and vei:etable Chemicals goods and Year/month and transport manufac- tions not merchan live tobacco materials lubricants 01}~t~nd classified tured classified dise animals chiefly by equipment articles according material to kind
1971 ...... 238.54 48.99 162.04 4.33 122.95 1,955.36 1,684.46 9,489.59 43.58 13,749.85 1972 ...... 236.34 52.37 192.07 4.72 130.88 2,190.60 2,125.29 10,271.83 41.05 15,245.15 1973 ...... 301.49 31.73 267.12 4.98 171.30 3,212.70 2,897.86 12,540.47 46.70 19,474.35 1974 ...... 299.34 46.61 397.37 4.62 201.00 3,780.81 3,674.1214,451.78 55.70 22,911.34 1974: Feb. 22.68 4.10 36.03 0.50 15.59 288.06 256.53 879.25 3.84 1,506.59 Mar. 22.39 3.46 35.36 0.83 24.30 312.05 291.77 1,176.01 4.17 1,870.34 Apr. 16.71 3.41 35.65 0.47 17.01 391.24 300.72 1,153.27 3.33 1,921.80 May 25.31 3.29 39.88 0.36 18.61 374.84 344.04 1,392.51 4.42 2,203.26 June 22.35 4.76 32.18 0.22 16.05 321.04 327.77 1,345.85 4.07 2,074.29 July 26.66 3.23 32.89 0.24 15.22 299.64 338.84 1,379.34 4.54 2,100.59 Aug. 29.33 5.92 42.88 0.42 17.23 356.61 355.47 1,378.20 4.96 2,191.00 Sept. 36.72 5.46 33.78 0.28 16.59 333.47 339.08 1,210.90 4.88 1,981.16 Oct. 23.73 2.07 25.80 0.15 15.65 244.24 318.33 989.70 4.82 1,624.48 Nov. 24.79 3.43 33.73 0.26 16.44 266.91 299.25 1,159.53 6.18 1,810.51 Dec. 22.19 4.65 25.60 0.56 16.20 247.35 242.57 1,167.48 5.20 1,731.81 1975: Jan. 21.57 5.18 17.23 0.34 13.22 224.72 238.21 1, 109.36 5.11 1,634.93 Feb. 21.30 1.93 14.37 0.31 13.69 178.36 187.04 850.98 4.51 1,272.49
S.l.T.C.: Standard International Trade Classification.
5.8 RE-EXPORTS BY S.I.T.C. COMMODITY SECTIONS S million
Commodi Manufac Miscel ties and Food Mineral Animal and tured Machinery Beverages goods laneous transac Total and and Crude fuels and vei:etable Chemicals and manufac- tions not merchan Year/month 01 classified transport live tobacco materials lubricants }~t~nd tured classified dise animals chiefly by equipment articles according material to kind
19Jl ...... 335.36 34.06 209.10 46.27 9.09 571.11 1,329. 79 379.17 480.63 19.81 3,414.39 1972 ...... 367.99 35.52 305.88 44.31 10.18 557.51 1,765.22 450.30 597.19 20.34 4,154.44 1973 ...... 493.00 50.01 526.63 56.55 14.56 746.38 2,752.47 775.72 1,084.40 25.29 6,525.0l 1974 ...... 512.71 54.00 628.42 101.51 29.40 926.80 2,513.66 950.07 1,370.49 37.28 7,124.35 1974: Feb. 83.69 4.49 49.05 4.55 1.98 95.10 185.67 71.52 91.89 2.49 590.42 Mar. 37.75 4.88 63.05 7.00 5.55 97.81 221.10 77.58 121.70 2.45 638.86 Apr. 23.85 6.01 41.53 7.08 3.25 71.23 247.86 82.60 118.57 2.31 604.29 May 36.34 2.78 65.26 10.49 1.89 85.79 267.48 91.22 119.84 2.47 683.56 June 33.82 4.64 44.50 9.62 4.38 89.05 218.00 76.45 122.73 2.47 605.66 July 33.05 3.40 49.01 9.44 0.63 74.96 203.11 89.01 124.84 2.94 590.39 Aug. 33.29 4.79 51.53 9.26 1.82 84.37 232.40 85.42 115.98 4.70 623.56 Sept. 47.85 5.56 54.94 10.13 2.25 70.75 212.64 76.04 114.64 3.29 598.09 Oct. 31.63 3.36 46.60 9.84 0.88 64.16 173.87 69.46 117.50 3.54 520.84 Nov. 31.68 4.63 53.52 10.66 1.98 66.72 176.72 89.92 126.39 4.39 566.61 Dec. 48.20 4.48 47.48 8.33 2.71 70.42 156.89 80.91 103.81 3.33 526.56 1975: Jan. 66.99 3.64 52.85 8.65 1.46 55.79 145.69 70.26 106.50 3.08 514.91 Feb. 62.19 4.03 30.87 5.70 1.04 56.08 146.60 75.53 100.57 2.38 484.98
S.l.T.C.: Standard International Trade Classification.
15 EXTERNAL TRADE
5.9 DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES
$million
Manufac- tures of Electronic metal Travel Transistor- components Transis- goods, Watches Textile* '.Toys and Artificial Oargely Footwear handbags and Year/month Clothing fabrics dolls flowers ized radios andfgrarts tors and cutlery diodes and and similar clocks computers household articles utensils)
1971 ...... 5,464.26 997.63 1,184.19 353.74 711.73 284.62 225.05 344.85 350.83 227.90 175.09 1972 ...... 6,112.76 1,127.47 1,295.37 418.29 918.85 279.28 ·215.64 415.40 303.69 301.74 201.78 1973 ...... 7,453.67 1,727.81 1,504.00 479.09 1,147.74 399.26 387.91 520.56 266.28 405.36 293.23 1974 ...... 8,752.09 1,977.84 1,660.21 345.28 1,313.27 465.49 386.70 641.14 311.24 437.30 509.76
1974: Feb. ········· 523.19 167.27 95.75 22.94 85.77 41.97 33.07 35.55 21.07 23.62 28.98 Mar. 670.27 141.33 156.27 36.65 101.51 35.39 39.61 65.05 26.05 43.62 34.94 Apr. 662.61 229.74 155.14 35.04 108.97 36.94 29.53 55.83 25.03 39.87 28.71 May 792.22 197.56 199.33 45.01 128.84 32.89 33.81 60.63 31.93 43.15 39.23 June 814.76 171.48 169.88 34.50 110.80 41.23 39.70 57.07 21.97 41.16 49.22 July 837.98 153.74 171.66 3jj9 119.33 44.29 39.27 54.97 22.33 41.26 49.60 Aug ...... 854.83 176.27 155.27 23.82 120.05 46.78 36.41 56.85 25.35 38.17 53.71 Sept...... 769.95 182.33 114.63 21.14 128.65 39.85 33.52 48.35 19.76 32.31 50.56 Oct. 597.80 123.76 87.97 19.36 111.64 40.92 29.67 45.50 23.17 31.69 47.72 Nov. 724.91 124.53 100.80 16.19 107.83 36.73 26.80 53.94 34.31 32.22 57.25 Dec. 768.55 128.57 108.70 14.45 86.65 36.60 18.24 49.21 30.64 31.89 40.62
1975: Jan. 743.67 116.79 88.02 11.76 68.70 37.05 27.49 46.52 25.66 35.05 43.49 Feb. 574.52 82.31 64.02 7.35 69.37 20.42 15.13 32.47 21.08 24.13 34.65
• Sum of S.I.T.C. groups 652-655 only.
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SECTION 6 FOOD SUPPLIES
6.1 RICE Metric tons
Stock at Year/month Intakes Off-takes end of period
1971 344,716 347,133 69,629 1972 376,783 359,833 86,579 1973 358,374 346,074 98,879 1974 299,271 . 324,119 74,031
1974: Mar. 41,747 44,611 76,943 Apr. 34,930 28,536 83,336 May 23,565 15,688 91,213 June 28,862 13,997 106,078 July 18,792 15,540 109,330 Aug. 21,530 30,065* 100,795 Sept. 20,757 23,222 98,330 Oct. 16,285 23,820 90,794 Nov. 19,244 29,508 80,530 Dec. 20,688 27,186 74,031
1975: Jan. ••••••••••••••••••••• '! •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 19,779 33,367 60,443 Feb. 38,057 22,150 76,350 Mar. 25,445 36,205 65,591
• Including 1,989 metric tons for re-export.
6.2 OTHER FOODSTUFFS
Live animals slaughtered• Supplies of fresh vegetables Supplies of fresh fish (head) (metric tons) (metric tons) Year/month Locally Imported Cattle Swine Goats/ Total grown Total Total sheep vegetablest vegetables
1971 174.041 2,709,087 18,369 2,901,497 130,641 236,776 367,417 31,309 83.738 115,047 1972 201,051 3,025,607 21,582 3,248,240 1]9,676 230,460 350,136 31,662 83,372 115,034 1973 198,743 2,906,889 18,791 3, 124,423 120,738 215,795 336,533 32.197 85,068 117.265 1974 177,905 2,854,263 15,688 3,047,856 119,633 219,078 338,711 29,964 90,415 120,379 1974: Mar. 13,087 241,148 1,303 255,538 11,145 14,593 25,738 1,994 8,949 10,943 Apr. 11,215 252,421 623 264,259 12,523 15,032 27,555 1,995 8,845 10,840 May 12,252 248,596 467 261,315 12,515 17,771 30,286 2,322 8,134 10,456 June 13,492 239,482 531 253,505 10,967 21,173 32,140 1,943 6,173 8,116 July 14,506 240,154 496 255,156 9,881 18,444 28,325 2,227 7,808 10,o35 Aug. 14,903 236,304 363 251,570 10,796 16,081 26,877 2,238 7,975 10,213 Sept. 18,582 239,970 592 259,144 8,191 19,062 27,253 2,505 7,853 10,358 Oct. 19,383 239,478 1,390 260,251 6,549 15,380 21,929 2,623 6,446 9,069 Nov. 17,212 231,300 2,711 251,223 4,452 22,591 27,043 3,242 7,217 10,459 Dec. 18,863 237,190 3,129 259,182 9,147 23,162 32,309 3,304 8,071 11,375 1975: Jan. 15,459 243,882 4,230 263,571 12,328 27,456 39,784 3,387 8,577 11,964 Feb. 10,208 204,493 845 215,546 13,164 17,348 30,512 3,001 5,747 8,748 Mar. 12,897 221,993 1,251 236,141 12,865 19,085 31,950 2,493 8,809 11,302
• In both urban and rural abattoirs. t Including estimates for those not sold through the Vegetable Marketing Organization. t Including estimates for those not sold through the Fish Marketing Organization.
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7.1 MOVEMENTS OF AIRCRAFT AND AIRBORNE PASSENGERS
Aircraft movements Passengers Year/month Arrivals Departures Total Arrivals Departures Total
1971 24,432 24,441 48,873 1,092,137 1,095,191 2,187,328 1972 24,548 24,546 49,094 1,347,064 1,380,918 2,727,982 1973 26,915 26,907 53.822 1,670,421 1,709,546 3,379,967 1974 26,469 26,460 52,929 1,717,278 1,769,960 3,487,238
1974: Mar. 2,268 2,276 4,544 143,616 147,258 . 290,874 Apr. 2,228 2,222 4,450 152,143 151,223 303,366 May 2,247 2,244 4,491 134,964 144,978 279,942 June 2,148 2,156 4,304 124,513 131,648 256,161 July 2,278 2,269 4,547 132,462 142,236 274,698 Aug. 2,270 2,270 4,540 166,286 170,997 337,283 Sept. 2,176 2,173 4,349 128,537 133,833 262,370 Oct. 2,106 2,106 4,212 155,950 153,603 309,553 Nov. 2,231 2,237 4,468 146,141 154,185 300,326 Dec. 2,253 2,250 4,503 140,398 142,533 282,931
1975: Jan. 2,275 2,276 4,551 132,936 139,916 272,852 Feb. 2,078 2,080 4,158 136,092 139,407 275,499 Mar. 2,229 2,224 4,453 141,443 154,457 295,900
7.2 OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERED AND CLEARED
British American Chinese Danish Year/month Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T
1971 958 3,618 942 3,509 337 2,461 343 2,446 899 956 900 951 233 989 232 974 1972 678 3,061 654 2,951 431 3,957 430 4,053 906 1,293 917 1,331 264 1,072 263 1,068 1973 471 3,507 481 3,559 503 4,982 507 4,984 968 1,368 975 1,363 253 1,299 250 1,272 1974 389 3,217 398 3,198 485 5,169 488 5,174 907 1,355 911 1,388 258 1,199 256 1,192
1974: Mar...... 34 343 37 381 44 492 44 492 83 103 85 136 16 112 16 108 Apr...... 32 240 30 . 218 46 451 47 470 79 88 80 92 22 74 20 70 May 36 262 39 278 47 503 44 464 79 125 76 105 24 105 23 104 June 22 138 22 128 44 477 46 488 72 107 73 108 24 123 25 121 July 42 299 42 301 43 438 44 452 88 139 93 166 23 99 24 105 Aug. 35 282 36 282 40 412 39 401 82 128 83 143 23 95 21 92 Sept ...... 24 212 26 225 40 435 41 451 67 99 70 121 25 109 26 107 Oct...... 35 295 37 288 29 319 26 303 67 113 62 97 23 134 24 134 Nov...... 29 327 34 314 32 348 35 359 68 122 72 143 20 69 20 73 Dec. 24 207 28 241 36 398 37 398 83 145 80 108 26 123 25 120
1975: Jan. 36 355 34 357 37 393~ 36 390 65 116 68 130 27 145 28 149 Feb. 30 292 32 265 31 332 29 324 68 123 70 138 25 123 25 122 Mar...... 28 255 32 328 35 407 35 407 76 160 68 95 23 110 23 110
N.R.T.: Net Registered Tons.
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Dutch German Greek Japanese Liberian Year/month Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T.
1971 ...... 292 1,223 287 1,183 154 775 154 789 248 809 247 783 1,555 4,108 1,529 4,095 536 2,307 551 2,360 1972 ...... 300 1,243 291 1,192 201 1,237 200 1,238 302 908 302 929 1,236 3,573 1,257 3,613 634 2,805 630 2,775 1973 ...... 244 1,271 245 1,246 158 1,317 157 1,316 275 991 277 978 1,020 3,318 1,037 3,338 731 3,281 747 3,346 1974 ········· 247 1,405 246 1,384 159 1,735 157 1,665 281 1,269 282 1,262 945 3,431 948 3,449 800 3,683 800 3,786
1974: Mar. ... 18 116 19 121 18 171 18 172 30 125 29 130 81 275 80 244 76 318 74 304 Apr.... 26 158 25 137 16 139 15 124 17 86 18 89 83 307 80 337 67 322 69 318 May ... 19 114 19 114 11 112 11 119 24 80 23 77 67 287 73 297 77 405 73 362 June ... 18 108 18 103 10 91 10 91 25 154 26 143 84 418 83 426 60 274 67 381 July ... 17 74 18 77 12 143 11 138 18 104 20 118 71 249 73 248 66 274 62 274 Aug. ... 23 120 23 120 15 165 16 172 25 117 22 98 70 243 69 241 61 309 63 328 Sept. ... 16 99 16 100 21 196 20 193 27 145 29 160 84 336 84 334 68 294 65 270 Oct. ... 19 125 21 130 10 124 10 124 22 102 21 98 77 326 74 319 67 270 63 248 Nov.... 29 156 27 154 9 52 9 52 24 107 24 101 96 292 98 305 66 272 69 320 Dec. ... 21 133 19 124 20 321 20 261 26 101 30 118 81 249 84 255 73 359 76 380
1975: Jan. ... 14 92 15 89 15 62 14 49 21 94 20 79 68 229 68 227 64 261 55 208 Feb. ... 19 63 19 67 23 208 22 219 18 67 19 79 86 234 80 229 53 219 55 203 Mar.... 21 130 21 135 21 108 23 113 24 J30 22 119 97 321 101 329 67 315 68 282
Norwegian Panamanian Others Total Year/month Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. ~~~. No. ~~~. No. ~-~~. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T.
1971 345 1,419 341 1,435 811 1,449 837 1,471 1,346 4,146 1,351 4,167 7,714 24,261 7,714 24,163 1972 387 1,692 385 1,689 949 1,964 979 1,999 1,539 5,434 1,572 5,526 7,827 28,238 7,880 28,365 1973 312 1,543 305 1,550 861 2,204 887 2,270 1,562 5,926 1,569 5,973 7,358 31,007 7,437 31,194 1974 248 1,419 237 1,334 1,067 2,993 1,092 3,011 1,535 5,719 1,555 5,751 7,321 32,594 7,370 32,594
1974: Mar...... 21 123 20 117 92 252 94 243 135 492 144 518 648 2,923 660 2,968 Apr...... 18 152 18 151 95 276 91 261 143 558 138 556 644 2,851 631 2,824 May ...... 27 127 24 110 93 258 87 243 134 507 140 498 638 2,884 632 2,770 June ...... 19 95 16 71 75 176 83 204 122 445 123 441 575 2,605 592 2,704 July ...... 20 121 23 143 81 256 87 251 135 456 141 478 616 2,651 638 2,752 Aug ...... 18 80 19 90 89 299 102 331 131 490 133 495 612 2,740 626 2,793 Sept ...... 15 106 16 108 98 268 102 254 123 454 118 417 608 2,753 613 2,740 Oct ...... 22 90 20 84 99 272 85 218 111 392 121 424 581 2,564 564 2,467 Nov...... 22 122 22 123 90 246 107 310 125 479 120 486 610 2,593 637 2,742 Dec...... 23 102 20 93 101 239 98 237 116 439 125 476 630 2,818 642 2,812
1975: Jan...... 20 77 20 81 104 297 104 293 122 428 106 370 593 2,550 568 2,421 Feb ...... 16 94 16 91 88 217 91 236 100 407 111 429 557 2,377 569 2,400 Mar...... 13 67 12 59 103 282 109 267 118 424 121 436 626 2,710 635 2,680
N.R.T.: Net Registered Tons.
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7.3 RIVER STEAMERS, HYDROFOIL VESSELS, JUNKS AND LAUNCHES ENTERED AND CLEARED
River steamers Hydrofoil vessels Junks Launches Total
Year/month Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared Entered Cleared 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO 'OOO '000 'OOO 'OOO No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T. No. N.R.T.
1971 1,598 2,015 1,595 1,999 10,812 689 10,818 700 7,493 1,204 7,485 1,216 5,331 505 5,340 499 25,234 4,413 25,238 4,414 1972 1,841 1,960 1,843 1,962 13,020 856 13,014 855 7,321 1,179 7,338 1,142 6,202 599 6,185 599 28,384 4,593 28,380 4,558 1973 2,035 2,237 2,036 2,238 15,058 1,001 15,060 1,001 7,709 1,247 7,674 1,240 6,372 602 6,341 594 31,174 5,087 31,111 5,073 1974 1,987 2,245 1,987 2,245 16,436 1,097 16,439 1,097 9,268 1,442 9,063 1,418 6,166 561 6,163 561 33,857 5,345 33,652 5,321
1974: Mar...... 153 169 153 169 1,424 95 1,424 95 703 108 686 107 601 55 600 55 2,881 427 2,863 427 Apr...... 167 188 167 188 1,412 94 1,412 94 711 110 695 111 563 47 560 47 2,853 440 2,834 441 May ...... 153 176 153 177 1,424 95 1,424 95 799 128 762 123 563 50 561 49 2,939 449 2,900 444 June ...... 154 183 154 182 1,294 85 1,295 85 732 ll8 725 117 481 40 480 40 2,661 426 2,654 425 July ...... 164 185 164 185 1,347 89 1,347 89 796 128 777 126 436 37 435 37 2,743 439 2,723 437 Aug...... 198 224 198 224 1,489 100 1,491 100 886 135 861 132 518 47 520 47 3,091 506 3,070 503 Sept...... 158 178 159 179 1,338 90 1,338 90 832 129 801 123 502 49 502 49 2,830 446 2,800 441 Oct...... 148 165 148 165 1.139 77 1,139 77 688 106 665 102 385 35 386 35 2,360 382 2,338 378 Nov...... 172 194 171 192 1,286 86 1,286 86 883 136 890 138 496 50 496 50 2,837 465 2,843 465 Dec ...... 183 206 184 207 1,361 92 1,362 92 919 145 915 145 616 57 621 57 3,079 500 3,082 501
1975: Jan...... 174 200 174 200 1,391 93 1,393 93 857 137 856 137 575 52 574 52 2,997 482 2,997 482 Feb...... 186 212 186 212 1,392 94 1,394 95 655 103 638 97 406 44 405 44 2,639 453 2,623 448 Mar...... 181 204 181 204 1,493 101 1,493 101 760 122 774 127 519 54 520 54 2,953 482 2,968 487
N.R.T.: Net Registered Tons.
7.4 KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (BRITISH SECTION) TRAFFIC STATISTICS
Passengers carried Revenue collected ($'000) Upward Downward Concession Year/month tickets• Advertising Passenger Goods Total Persons Passenger/ Passenger/ tickets tickets charges kilometres Persons kilometres
1971 5.480,338 97,532,460 5,417,416 96,237,125 346 8,839.5 8,501.7 529.9 378.4 12.7 18,262.2 1972 6,161,931 119,828,531 5,994,529 115,671,703 10,199.5 9,960.6 563.1 400.2 6.4 21,129.7 1973 6,696.407 140,624,547 6,503, 724 136,578,204 11,297.4 10,647.8 468.3 547.5 11.3 22,972.3 1974 6,962,035 143,860,152 6,744,368 141,310,981 12,563.6 12,867.4 536.5 588.5 53.1 26,609.1 1974: Mar... . 529,609 11,121,789 518,216 10,882,536 1,181.4 925.7 33.7 30.6 1.7 2,173.2 Apr... . 638,548 13,409,508 614,298 12,900,258 1,253.0 703.1 33.6 31.7 1.3 2,022.6 May .. . 482,086 9,323,700 477,463 11,151,802 644.8 678.0 34.4 35.2 1,392.3 June .. . 486,351 10,032,620 469,568 9,680,034 638.1 764.2 56.0 36.3 0.2 1,494.8 July .. . 577 ,468 12,350,486 548,084 11,576,749 1,053.6 809.0 36.1 44.9 1,943.7 Aug ... . 656,037 13,703,794 641,600 13,685,427 982.2 816.7 67.8 37.7 0.4 1,904.7 Sept. .. . 630,652 12,453,134 601,370 12,041,151 1,943.3 959.9 52.0 49.7 0.4 3,005.3 Oct ... . 568,855 11,756,075 563,795 11,836,429 1,352.5 3,312.9 51.4 111.7 1.0 4,829.5 Nov... . 591,953 11,982, 736 573,266 11,362,501 603.7 1,397.8 41.1 87.2 13.5 2,143.3 Dec. 607,457 12,672,911 584,283 11,993,169 993.2 1,064.7 62.8 64.1 2.0 2,186.8 1975: Jan. 511,758 10,442,519 497,680 10,176,397 913.9 1,072.3 51.2 38.1 2.3 2,077.9 Feb. 712,714 15,959,450 670,305 14,749,206 1,492.0 860.8 51.1 37.9 3.7 2,445.4 Mar .... 608,617 13,115,621 587,125 12,615,834 3,259.6 1,119.7 51.8 59.3 7.6 4,498.0
• Withdrawn after 30th September, 1971. .... Less than $50.
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7.5 TOTAL TONNAGE OF COMMERCIAL CARGO CARRIED BY DIFFERENT MEANS OF TRANSPORT
By sea By air By railway By road* (metric tons) (metric tons) (metric Year/month Upward Downward tons) Cargo Cargo Import Export Total Metric Metric ton/ Metric Metric ton/ discharged loaded Total tons kilometres tons kilometres
1971 ...... 11,654,061 3,204,829 14,858,890 23,833 51,631 75,464 1,475 42,131 1,005,571 35,057,582 70,853 1972 ...... 12,292,079 3,821,129 16,113,208 26,235 55,024 81,259 1,537 48,633 1,163,173 40,711,047 75,929 1973 ...... 13,341,873 4,465,228 17,807,101 37,179 59,163 96,342 3,405 115,360 1,233,755 43,181,412 67,550 1974 ...... 13,708,504 4,919,890 18,628,394 35,485 66,773 102,258 795 27,744 1,162,600 40,756,549 70,957 1974: Mar...... 1,308,541 442,866 1,751,407 3,459 5,977 9,436 68 2,384 106,389 3,723,613 4,535 Apr...... 1,228,567 421,117 1,649,684 3,156 5,454 8,610 76 2,660 73,700 2,579,486 5,276 May ...... 1,235,405 461,169 1,696,574 3,096 5,619 8,716 91 3,164 67,853 2,442,638 5,253 June ...... 1,124,437 390,165 1,514,602 3,094 5,311 8,405 71 2,477 81,679 2,858,622 5,547 July ...... 1,096,459 431,011 1,527,470 3,804 5,593 9,397 74 2,579 90,283 3,159,766 5,362 Aug...... 1,134,133 472,464 1,606,597 3,226 5,879 9,105 66 2,301 91,968 3,218,785 5,842 Sept...... 1,082,506 416,615 1,499,121 2,628 6,495 9,123 65 2,287 114,340 4,001,541 7,175 Oct...... 956,324 355,323 1,311,647 2,592 6,228 8,820 70 2,433 114,106 3,993,218 6,757 Nov...... 1,029,279 355,801 1,385,080 2,556 6,943 9,499 83 2,895 150,865 5,279,849 7,101 Dec...... 1,185,179 437,160 1,622,339 2,422 4,792 7,214 54 1,895 107,975 3,778,535 6,910 1975: Jan...... 989,676 431,840 1,421,516 2,034 4,871 6,904 59 2,073 102,809 3,597,636 6,164 Feb...... 953,552 338,738 1,292,290 2,196 5,169 7,365 27 958 69,451 2,429,988 4,731 Mar...... 1,103,594 391,305 1,494,899 3,514 7,450 10,964 47 1,636 101,480 3,550,949 5,006
* Road transport refers to cross frontier traffic through Man Kam To.
7.6 COMMERCIAL CARGO CARRIED BY VESSELS OF ALL TYPES Deadweight tons
Cargo discharged Cargo loaded Year/month Ocean-going River steamers Ocean~going Junks River steamers Total vessels Junks and launches Total vessels and launches
1971 10,210,310 712,038 547,654 11,470,002 2,969,058 177,042 8,113 3,154,213 1972 10,726,632 737,673 633,638 12,097,943 3,569,934 179,349 11,497 3,760,780 1973 11,752,005 774,960 604,192 13,131,157 4,188,115 197,331 9,260 4,394,706 1974 12,121,975 838,747 531,277 13,491,999 4,662,047 170,221 9,919 4,842,187 1974: Mar. 1,166,685 62,140 59,049 1,287,874 422,896 12,119 857 435,872 Apr. 1,102,223 62,442 44,499 1,209,164 403,098 10,645 723 414,466 May 1,093,025 76,287 46,582 1,215,894 436,637 15,333 1,915 453,885 June 1,006,096 66,408 34,174 1,106,678 368,576 14,936 491 384,003 July 980,041 70,603 28,498 1,079,142 406,972 16,717 515 424,204 Aug. 1,011,298 69,921 35,002 1,116,221 443,972 20,099 931 465,002 Sept. 954,855 74,673 35,882 1,065,410 393,247 16,158 630 410,035 Oct. 844,437 63,498 33,285 941,220 338,108 11,004 599 349,711 Nov. 876,529 84,786 51,708 1,013,023 334,146 15,601 435 350,182 Dec. 1,009,492 97,229 59,740 1,166,461 415,838 13,763 655 430,256 1975: Jan. 836,154 89,023 48,868 974,045 411,255 13,277 488 425,020 Feb. 834,134 64,487 39,871 938,492 322,849 9,584 955 333,388 Mar. 952,834 77,534 55,796 1,086,164 370,059 14,409 657 385,125
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7.7 CONTAINERS CARRIED BY OCEAN-GOING VESSELS
Discharged Loaded Year/month Full Empty Full Empty
1971 ·········································· 23,708 17,039 34,621 7,154 1972 ·········································· 44,688 25,489 60,120 11,246 1973 ...... 100,803 32,050 112,818 15,396 1974 ··········································< 172,555 47,796 200,247 24,744 1974: Mar. ································· 16,889 3,318 19,617 1,496 Apr...... 16,225 3,355 18,504 1,483 May ································· 18,016 4,282 19,011 1,618 June ································· 17,288 3,344 17,916 1,390 July ...... 15,174 3,865 18,109 1,057 Aug. ································· 13,376 4,722 16,842 2,349 Sept ...... 13,816 4,218 15,663 2,264 Oct. ·································· 12,065 3,839 14,342 2,989 Nov. ································· 9,895 3,235 11,755 2,737 Dec. ································· 14,971 5,974. 19,747 3,119 1975: Jan ...... 11,467 5,669 "15,741 2,758 Feb. ································· 12,589 6,602 12,811 3,349 Mar...... 13,968 4,891 14,553 3,611
Note: 'Full' means containers are fully or partially filled with cargo. 'Empty' means containers having no cargo within.
7.8 PUBLIC TRANSPORT: PASSENGER JOURNEYS BY UNDERTAKING Thousands
Hongkong Kowloon China Hongkong and Kowloon- Peak Year/month Motor Bus Motor Bus Tramways Yaumati Star Ferry Canton Tramways Total Ferry Railway•
1971 ······························ 547,571 175,110 156,760 190,531 58,216 10,092 2,303 1,140,583 1972 ...... 501,188 166,721 148,464 179,496 58,108 10,972 2,260 1,067,209 1973 ...... 493,691 150,586 145,672 155,532 52,566 11,808 1,964 1,011,819 1974 ······························ 564,488 181,172 147,588 150,291 50,465 12,168 2,051 1,108,223 1974: Mar...... 47,852 14,927 11,994 13,198 4,287 953 161 93,372 Apr. ····················· 45,344 14,303 11,532 12,695 3,893 1,064 177 89,008 May ····················· 48,627 15,224 12,590 13,221 4,162 870 167 94,861 June ····················· . 45,501 14,686 11,952 12,406 3,868 870 161 89,444 July ...... 47,001 14,859 12,794 12,905 4,343 975 191 93,068 Aug ...... 47,004 14,457 13,057 12,562 4,495 1,131 227 92,933 Sept ...... 50,060 15,392 13,132 12,004 4,318 1,152 189 96,247 Oct...... 46,484 15,583 12,373 10,965 4,079 1,034 171 90,689 Nov...... 49,755 16,736 12,940 11,971 4,530 1,068 173 97,173 Dec. ····················· 50,090 16,949 12,510 12,129 4,557 1,070 177 97,482 1975: Jan...... 50,796 17,209 12,219 11,671 4,303 929 152 97,279 Feb. ····················· 48,844 16,297 11,309 11,640 4,104 1,123 167 93,484 Mar...... 52,700 17,414 12,078 11,743 4,527 1,039 161 99,662
" The figures under the Kowloon-Canton Railway column ~include statistics of passengers travelling to and from Lo Wu. Note: The estimated number of daily passenger journeys made by public light buses for 1974 was 1,202 .,thousands.
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7.9 PUBLIC TRANSPORT: PASSENGER JOURNEYS BY AREA Thousands
Hong Kong Cross Harbour New Territories Year/month Kowloon Total Island Ferry Tunnel Urban Rural Ferry
1971 ...... 334,173 475,405 239,894 36,155 46,103 8,853 1,140,583 1972 ...... 311,989 422,076 227,965 12,320 39,766 43,454 9,639 1,067,209 1973 ...... 276,874 387,039 196,349 46,641 49,461 43,/-06 11,749 1,011,819 1974 ...... 299,819 420,114 186,610 67,519 67,690 52,325 14,146 1,108,223 1974: Mar ...... 24,558 36,051 16,372 5,447 5,590 4,241 1,113 93,372 Apr. 23,617 34,037 15,268 5,218 5,313 4,235 1,320 89,008 May 25,471 36,664 16,240 5,492 5,591 4,260 1,143 94,861 June 24,346 34,067 15,151 5,406 5,233 4,118 1,123 89,444 July 25,232 34,856 15,985 5,724 5,~28 4,380 1,263 93,068 Aug ...... 25,097 34,549 15,614 5,856 5,774 4,600 1,443 92,933 Sept ...... 26,178 36,875 15,103 5,769 6,306 4,797 1,219 96,247 Oct. ········· 25,373 34,313 13,990 5,889 5,765 . 4,305 1,054 90,689 Nov ...... 26,883 36,728 15,309 6,334 6,167 4,560 1,192 97,173 Dec. 26,494 36,662 15,471 6,652' 6,269 4,719 1,215 97,482 1975: Jan...... 26,447 37,223 14,850 6,579 6,454 4,602 1,124 97,279 Feb ...... 24,539 35,356 14,515 6,749 6,113 ~.983 1,229 93,484 Mar...... 26,333 38,279 14,980 6,955 6,702 5;123 1,290 99,662
7.10 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES
Accidents Casualties Hong Kong Year/month Hong New Kowloon New Territories* Total Kong Kow- Terri- Total Island Island loon tories* Fatal Serious Slight Fatal Serious Slight Fatal Serious Slight
1971 ...... 3,675 6,041 2,564 12,280 89 1,241 2,999 162 2,520 4,382 132 1,360 2,078 14,963 1972 ·················· 3,726 6,156 2,916 12,798 102 1,300 3,079 178 2,807 4,568 162 1,383 2,836 16,415 1973 ...... 3,954 6,004 2,856 12,814 123 1,493 3,160 185 2,707 4,472 174 1,348 2,693 16,355 1974 ...... 3,644 4,935 2,417 10,996 94 1,335 3,025 152 2,237 3,690 117 1,335 1,980 13,965
1973: Oct...... 356 516 242 1,114) Nov...... 285 459 217 961 30 360 743 43 582 1,042 42 313 679 3,834 Dec. 313 421 205 939 1974: Jan...... 292 410 199 901} Feb. ········· 263 316 166 745 24 320 648 33 536 762 28 299 500 3,150 Mar ...... 258 385 190 833 Apr. 308 388 188 ········· 884} May ...... 328 426 227 981 24 332 818 32 576 1,002 22 298 534 3,638 June ...... 324 420 201 945 July ...... 326 429 207 962} Aug ...... 332 396 224 952 25 349 795 42 527 1,011 38 336 490 3,613 Sept ...... 309 461 206 976 Oct ...... 298 452 217 967} Nov...... 309 423 207 939 21 334 764 45 598 915 29 402 456 3,564 Dec ...... 297 429 185 911
* Including marine since 1973.
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7.11 MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED
Public buses
China Motor Kowloon Motor Other As at end of Motor Motor Private Taxis Bus Co. Ltd. Bus Co. Ltd. public Private year/month cycles tricycles cars buses buses Single Double Single Double deck deck deck deck
1971 16,592 100 105,874 3,406 334 194 365 768 1,028 386 1972 19,833 82 120,725 3,448 235 261 366 906 1,113 367 1973 23,283 58 129,309 4,754 160 405 359 965 1,222 340 1974 23,254 38 119,273 4,754 119 476 363 1,008 1,236, 308 1974: Mar ...... 23,539 55 127,754 4,754 156 433 359 984 1,230 332 Apr...... 23,567 54 126,963 4,754 156 445 359 985 1,229 329 May 23,577 50 125,854 4,754 155 453 359 979 1,228 326 June 23,561 49 125,062 4,754 154 455 359 985 1,230 322. July 23,529 45 123,916 4,754 154 455 360 990 1,238 320 Aug. 23,493 43 123,066 4,754 133 458 362 995 1,238 315 Sept. 23,477 40 122,136 4,754 128 464 363 1,004 1,239 314 Oct ...... 23,410 40 121,212 4,754 125 469 363 1,007 1,238 312 Nov...... 23,338 39 120,274 4,754 123 471 363 1,008 1,238 309 Dec...... 23,254 38 119,273 4,754 119 476 363 1,008 1,236 308 1975: Jan ...... 23,180 38 118,587 4,754 115 480 378 1,013 1,234 306 Feb ...... 23,124 34 118,038 4,754 110 489 407 1,022 1,234 306 Mar...... 23,078 33 117,400 4,754 110 491 407 1,038 1,230 304
Goods vehicles Crown vehicles (Excluding vehicles Public Private Con Tramcars in As at end of light light Public of H.M. Forces) Grand service year/month cars Commercial struction total buses buses sites Container Other tractors Others Cycles vehicles Trams Trail ors
1971 3,813 1,567 884 45 25,670 75 815 2,462 164,378 162 22 1972 3,828 1,684 1,063 117 28,634 43 843 2,645 186,193 162 22 1973 3,943 1,743 1,106 215 31,285 34 843 2,751 202,775 162 22 1974 4,277 1,648 1,264 333 31,231 32 902 2,923 193,439 162 22
1974: Mar...... 3,993 1,740 1,143 240 31,386 34 883 2,731 201,746 1~ 22 Apr. 4,018 1,732 1,139 256 31,390 34 883 2,766 201,059 162 22 May 4,024 1,723 1,141 275 31,354 34 882 2,777 199,945 162 22 June 4,071 1,714 1,142 291 31,395 33 882 2,797 199,256 162 22 July 4,103 1,704 1,150 306 31,394 32 897 2,813 198,160 162 22 Aug. 4,120 1,691 1,150 316 31,380 32 904 2,837 197,287 162 22 Sept...... 4,162 1,680 1,172 329 31,402 32 911 2,869 196,476 162 22 Oct ...... 4,217 1,659 1,212 329 31,359 32 928 2,894 195,560 162 22 Nov...... 4,248 1,660 1,255 332 31,298 32 912 2,910 194,564 162 22 Dec. 4,277 1,648 1,264 333 31,231 32 902 2,923 193,439 162 22 1975: Jan...... 4,279 1,622 1,277 334 31,178 32 912 2,920 i92,639 162 22 Feb ...... 4,299 1,602 1,284 334 31,109 32 925 2,922 192,025 162 22 Mar ...... 4,309 1,578 1,284 334 31,066 32 925 2,927 191,300 162 22
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7.12 TELEPHONE SERVICES STATISTICS
Total equipped Size of waiting New line applications New lines capacity Total working list including Year/month received connected exchange lines removal (exchange lines) applications During period As at end of period
1971 ··························· 121,670 102,714 647,746 565,453 31,177 1972 ··························· 126,306 98,905 744,152 651,468 38,271 1973 ...... 126,264 110,943 879,000 746,653 29,356 1974 ··························· 81,053* 80,730* 1,003,060 803,144 13,411 1974: Mar...... 7,627 11,154 928,640 764,282 22,013 Apr. ·················· 6,970 5,623* 941,180 767,524 22,396 May ·················· 7,589 7,010 951,180 772,415 20,468 June ·················· 6,846 6,654 953,180 777,133 19,127 July ·················· 8,257 8,103 963,520 783,418 18,851 Aug ...... 7,465 6,568 966,220 787,992 18,584 Sept. ·················· 6,022 6,212 968,220 791,901 16,874 Oct...... 5,459 5,535 983,320 795,321 16,041 Nov...... 5,809 6,190 999,060 799,031 14,456 Dec. ·················· 5,342 6,298 1,003,060 803,144 13,411 1975: Jan. ·················· 4,671 5,619 1,003,060 805,925 9,600 Feb. ·················· 4,200 4,276 1,016,560 807,421 8,507 Mar...... 4,334 4,785 1,026,460 808,799 6,768
* Adjusted figures.
25 SECTION 8 PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES
8.1 AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SELECTED FOODSTUFFS $per catty, except where otherwise stated
Rice Meat and poultry Marine fish, fresh Year/month Top ~i~tle Pork, Pork Beef, Beef, Chicken, Duck, best belly top top ~~~ed' Mackerel Garoupa grade Low grade best cut chop quality flesh grade grade
Monthly average 1971 1.01 0.79 4.93 6.18 6.76 3.76 5.83 3.70 2.98 3.60 ... 6.75 1972 1.02 0.81 4.92 6.23 6.81 3.70 6.33 3.75 3.52 3.99 7.78 1973 1.61 1.40 6.19 7.97 8.17 4.52 7.47 4.88 4.50 5.13 9.23 1974 2.20 1.94 7.24 9.32 10.61 6.18 8.49 5.28 4.27 5.40 9.77
1974: Mar ...... 2.31 1.99 7.44 9.45 10.97 6.43 8.06 5.19 4.03 5.14 9.44 Apr ...... 2.33 2.03 7.17 9.22 11.08 6.52 8.08 5.48 3.39 4.36 8.23 May ...... 2.34 2.03 7.22 9.22 11.80 6.68 8.17 5.11 3.96 4.47 8.05 June ...... 2.34 2.03 7.22 9.40 11.18 6.40 8.92 5.05 4.94 6.03 10.31 July ...... 2.26 . 2.00 7.24 9.37 11.03 6.33 9.03 5.46 4.05 5.96 9.98 Aug ...... 2.24 1.98 7.44 9.82 10.95 6.33 8.55 5.73 4.19 6.06 10.31 Sept ...... 2.23 1.97 7.35 9.53 10.56 6.08 8.15 5.34 3.84 5.50 10.29 Oct.* ...... 2.18 1.93 7.30 9.39 9.78 5.81 7.87 5.06 4.42 5.26 10.49 Nov...... 2.13 1.89 7.26 9.25 10.12 6.08 7.32 5.04 4.78 6.06 10.63 Dec ...... 2.08 1.84 7.21 9.13 9.97 6.06 7.40 4.92 4.36 5.37 8.90
1975: Jan. 1.93 1.70 7.14 9.02 10.12 6.23 7.38 5.06 4.35 5.00 8.34 Feb. 1.88 1.67 7.50 9.34 10.36 6.35 8.88 6.31 4.18 5.24 8.56 Mar ...... 1.83 1.61 7.83 9.80 10.52 6.42 7.79 5.92 3.61 4.54 7.73
Fresh-water Fresh vegetables Fresh fruits Fresh fish, fresh Flour, Sugar Year/month hen eggs wheat (per lb.) ·orass Bighead White Flowering . Applest Oranges Bananas (per doz.) carp cabbage cabbage 1 omato (per lb.} (per doz.) (per lb.)
Monthly average 1971 5.79 4.68 0.93 1.46 0.97 1.82 5.91 1.27 2.57 0.50 0.62 1972 6.57 5.14 1.10 1.69 1.20 2.08 5.60 1.19 2.74 0.53 0.93 1973 7.63 5.92 1.38 2.02 1.84 2.35 6.54 1.19 3.15 0.80 1.11 1974 8.40 6.57 1.30 1.96 2.67 2.58 7.34 1.30 4.12 1.42 2.28
1974: Mar...... 9.13 8.61 1.44 2.19 1.54 2.43 6.72 1.39 4.49 1.40 2.02 Apr. 8.88 8.04 0.80 1.42 1.46 2.41 7.79 1.44 3.95 1.50 2.06 May 7.39 5.94 0.77 1.36 1.29 2.64 8.75 1.61 3.93 1.50 2.12 June 9.03 6.36 1.00 1.45 2.49 2.85 7.86 1.43 3.93 1.50 2.14 July 8.34 6.09 2.04 2.60 2.60 2.88 7.61 1.33 3.84 1.40 2.14 Aug. 8.40 5.80 0.91 1.59 3.56 2.71 7.44 1.44 3.78 1.40 2.26 Sept...... 7.98 5.53 1.06 1.78 4.39 2.64 7.74 1.44 3.81 1.40 2.44 Oct.* ...... 7.99 5.90 2.06 2.43 4.19 11.04 6.55 1.07 4.16 1.44 2.63 Nov...... 7.24 5.94 2.13 2.96 4.27 9.72 6.58 0.94 4.49 1.42 3.14 Dec. 7.56 6.05 0.90 1.69 2.93 9.36 6.13 0.85 4.58 1.38 2.79
1975: Jan. 7.53 6.10 0. 78 1.52 1.86 10.80 5.87 0.78 4.56 1.39 2.72 Feb. 8.23 6.69 1.25 1.85 1.58 11.52 5.89 0.92 4.55 1.39 2.67 Mar...... 7.12 6.18 1.01 1.51 1.49 11.04 5. 71 1.01 4.36 1.34 2.65
Note: 1 catty=l.33 lbs. or 0.60 kg. * Prices are obtained from new samples from October 1974 onwards. t Price per dozen from October 1974 onwards.
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8.2 AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF SELECTED FOODSTUFFS
$per catty, except otherwise stated
Rice (per picul) Live Live Fresh vegetables, Marine fish, fresh locally produced Year/month pigs cattle See South Thai (per (per Golden White Flowering China picul) picul) Mackerel Oaroupa Tomato mew jien 100% whole thread cabbage cabbage
Monthly average 1974 198.51 188.93 181.77 321 555 2.80 2.59 5.65 0.61 1.10 1.65
1974: Mar. 199.00 194.00 191.00 310 581 2.85 3.01 5.33 0.69 1.07 1.11 Apr. 211.43 206.00 203.00 317 656 2.67 2.47 4.81 0.23 0.74 0.80 May 220.83 216.00 207.50 314 648 2.60 2.27 4.78 0.21 0.64 0.53 June 222.58 216.70 194.45 318 601 2.92 3.03 6.13 0.37 0.70 1.71 July 205.38 193.10 181.61 321 573 2.67 2.47 6.02 1.10 1.57 1.93 Aug. 197.89 186.00 176.77 330 526 2.68 2.27 6.28 0.31 0.84 3.02 Sept. 197.79 186.00 176.44 331 468 2.82 2.02 6.47 0.54 1.23 N.A. Oct. 198.00 186.00 177.08 327 465 2.68 l.96 7.37 1.09 l.25 1.75 Nov. 189.66 174.32 173.89 341 566 2.74 2.94 6.83 1.05 2.12 3.22 Dec. 181.20 167.08 165.02 346 393 2.87 3.02 6.06 0.29 0.94 1.97
1975: Jan. 155.60 147.54 150.66 319 577 2.97 2.87 5.83 0.39 0.87 1.63 Feb. 153.56 145.97 146.40 319 619 2.93 3.13 5.63 0.58 0.89 0.90 Mar. 150.58 140.55 138.53 342 562 2.54 2.71 5.34 0.41 0.73 0.77
Note:. 1 catty=l.33 lbs. or 0.60 kg. 1 picul (100 catties)=133.33 lbs. or 60.48 kg. N.A. = Not available.
8.3 NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A)
(July 73-June 74=100)
Fuel and Alcoholic Clothing Durable Miscel Transport Year/month All items Food Housing drinks and and laneous and Services stuffs light tobacco footwear goods goods vehicles
Weights attached 100.00 56.60 14.08 3.39 2.65 3.82 1.41 4.58 4.36 9.11
Monthly average 1974(July-Dec.)... 107.0 105.8 105.5 126.8 108.7 101.3 106.0 113.5 106.3 108.2
1974: July ...... :. 107 107 105 126 106 102 106 112 104 105 Aug...... 106 104 105 126 106 102 106 113 106 105 Sept...... 106 105 105 127 110 101 106 114 107 106 Oct...... 108 108 105 127 110 101 106 114 107 111 Nov...... 109 108 105 127 110 101 106 114 107 111 Dec..... !.... 106 103 108 128 110 101 106 114 107 111
1975: Jan...... 105 101 108 128 110 100 106 115 107 111 Feb...... 107 104 108 128 110 100 106 115 107 113 Mar...... 106 101 109 128 122 97 106 115 107 116
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8.4 NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B)
(July 73-June 74=100)
Alcoholic Clothing Miscel- Transport Year/month All items Food- Housing Fuel and drinks and and Durable laneous and Services stuffs light tobacco footwear goods goods vehicles
Weights attached 100.00 47.82 16.79 2.71 2.04 5.92 2.97 5.17 5.11 11.47
Monthly average 1974 (July-Dec.) ... 107.0 106.0 105.7 125.8 108.0 101.0 105.8 112.3 109.5 107.8
1974: July ...... 107 107 105 125 106 101 105 111 107 104 Aug ...... 106 105 105 125 106 101 106 112 109 105 Sept ...... 106 105 105 126 109 101 106 113 110 105 Oct ...... 108 107 105 126 109 101 106 112 110 111 Nov ...... 108 108 106 126 109 101 106 113 110 111 Dec ...... 107 104 108 127 109 101 106 113 111 111
1975: Jan...... 106 102 108 127 109 100 105 114 111 111 Feb...... 107 104 108 127 109 100 105 114 111 113 Mar ...... 106 102 109 127 118 96 105 114 111 114
8.5 HANG SENG CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
(July 73-June 74=100)
Food- Alcoholic Clothing Miscel- Transport Year/month All items Housing Fuel and drinks and and Durable laneous and Services stuffs light tobacco footwear goods goods vehicles
Weights attached 100.00 26.27 28.14 2.53 0.73 6.11 3.88 4.36 7.47 20.51
Monthly average 1974 (July-Dec.) ... 104.3 104.0 101.0 126.7 107.3 95.8 102.5 110.2 113.7 104.0
1974: July ...... 104 105 101 126 106 94 102 110 112 104 Aug ...... 104 104 101 126 106 94 103 111 113 103 Sept...... 104 103 101 127 108 97 103 111 113 104 Oct ...... 105 105 101 127 108 98 103 109 114 105 Nov...... 105 105 101 127 108 96 102 110 115 104 Dec...... 104 102 101 127 108 96 102 110 115 104
1975: Jan...... 104 101 102 127 108 92 102 111 115 104 Feb ...... 104 103 102 127 108 91 102 111 116 105 Mar ...... 104 101 102 127 114 92 103 111 116 106
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8.6 GENERAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
(Sept. 63-Aug.64=100)
Alcoholic Clothing Miscel- Transport Food- Fuel and Durable and Year/month All items Housing light drinks and and goods laneous Services stuffs tobacco footwear goods vehicles
Weights attached 100.0 48.3 15.2 3.0 3.3 6.2 2.1 4.2 3.2 14.5
Monthly average 1971 ...... 130.8 150.3 108.7 103.2 110.8 104.3 122.2 117.3 110.9 120.7 1972 ...... 138.8 161.0 115.0 104.2 112.7 107.7 127.3 122.6 127.4 126.2 1973 ·················· 164.0 200.1 124.3 111.4 120.5 119.4 147.8 139.9 133.5 141.7 1974 ...... 187.6 232.3 134.0 159.8 133.8 130.1 171.3 171.1 140.7 . 154.7 1974: Mar ...... 187 235 127 164 133 129 168 169 139 150 Apr. 185 226 136 164 133 131 170 170 139 152 May 185 226 136 164 134 132 172 174 139 153 June ...... 188 232 136 164 134 132 172 174 139 153 July 193 242 136 163 133 132 173 175 139 153 Aug. 187 229 136 164 133 130 174 175 143 154 Sept...... 187 229 136 164 140 130 174 176 143 155 Oct ...... 194 241 137 164 140 129 174 176 144 162 Nov...... 196 246 137 165 140 130 173 178 146 161 Dec. 187 227 138 165 140 130 173 177 146 160 1975: Jan...... 184 219 138 166 140 128 174 179 146 161 Feb...... 188 228 138 166 140 129 174 179 146 165 Mar...... 184 219 138 165 156 126 174 179 146 162
8.7 MODIFIED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (Sept. 63-Aug. 64=100)
Food- Fuel and Alcoholic Clothing Durable Miscel- Transport Year/month All items Housing light drinks and and laneous and Services stuffs tobacco footwear goods goods vehicles
Weights attached 100.0 55.6 12.9 3.0 4.2 4.9 1.5 4.1 2.8 11.0
Monthly average 1971 ...... 133.9 151.7 108.9 105.1 110.8 105.3 125.7 117.3 110.7 117.3 1972 ·················· 142.8 162.6 115.3 106.3 112.6 108.7 131.5 122.3 132.1 122.3 1973 ...... 170.1 203.2 124.3 114.8 119.6 120.4 154.6 138.9 138.0 135.3 1974 ...... 195.3 235.8 133.6 164.6 133.0 131.7 182.2 169.3 140.7 148.6 1974: Mar...... 196 239 126 170 132 130 179 168 139 144 Apr. 192 230 136 168 132 132 182 168 139 145 May 192 229 136 169 133 134 183 172 139 146 June 195 235 136 168 133 134 183 172 139 146 July 201 246 136 167 133 133 184 172 139 147 Aug. 194 232 136 169 133 132 185 173 143 148 Sept ...... 194 232 136 169 139 132 185 175 143 148 Oct...... 203 246 136 169 139 131 185 175 143 156 Nov...... 205 250 136 170 139 132 184 175 144 156 Dec...... 194 231 137 170 139 132 184 175 144 156 1975: Jan...... 190 222 137 171 139 130 185 177 144 156 Feb...... 195 231 137 171 139 130 185 177 144 162 Mar...... 190 221 137 170 156 128 185 177 144 157
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I 8.8 GENERAL AND MODIFIED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: AVE,RAGES FOR THE PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS (Sept. 63-Aug. 64=100)
Period General C.P.I. Modified C.P.I.
Apr. 1972 - Mar. 1973 142.7 146.8 May 1972-Apr. 1973 144.4 148.7 June 1972 - May 1973 146.0 ·150.3 July 1972 - June 1973 147.8 152.3 Aug. 1972-July 1973 150.5 155.3' Sept. 1972 -Aug. 1973 153.3 158.4 Oct. 1972 - Sept. 1973 156.5 161.9 Nov. 1972 - Oct. 1973 159.6 165.3 Dec. 1972 - Nov. 1973 161.8 167.7 Jan. 1973 - Dec. 1973 164.0 170.1 Feb. 1973 - Jan. 1974 166.9 173.3 Mar. 1973 - Feb. 1974 169.5 176.2 Apr. 1973 - Mar. 1974 172.3 179.3 May 1973 - Apr. 1974 174.8 182.0 June 1973 - May 1974 177.2 184.5 July 1973 - June 1974 179.2 18616 Aug. 1973 - July 1974 181.1 188.6 Sept. 1973 -Aug. 1974 182.0 189.4 Oct. 1973- Sept. 1974 182.5 189.8 Nov. 1973 - Oct. 1974 183.9 191.3 Dec. 1973 - Nov. 1974 186.2 193.8 Jan. 1974 - Dec. 1974 187.6 195.3 Feb. 1974 - Jan. 1975 188.0 195.6 Mar. 1974 - Feb. 1975 188.4 195.9 Apr. 1974 - Mar. 1975 188.2 195.4
30 SECTION 9 MONEY, BANKING AND FINANCE
9.1 MONEY SUPPLY $million
Legal tender coins and notes in circulation Licensed Legal banks' tender coins Demand Time Savings As at' end of holdings deposits Money deposits deposits year/month of legal and notes with supply with with Money supply Co~::':kcialGoyernment in hands of (definition 2) Total tender non-bank licensed (definition 1) licensed licensed issues issues coins and banks banks banks notes public
(A) (B) (A)-(B)~(C) (D) (C)+(D)~(E) (F) (G) (E)+(F)+{G)~(H) 1911 ...... 2,742 190 2,932 358 2,574 5,317 7,891 7,395 6,073 21,359 1972 ...... 3,151. 227 3,378 466 2,912 8,500 11,412 7,807 8,306 27,525 1973 ...... 3,448 264 3,712 574 3,138 8,623 11,761 9,958 7,610 29,329 1974 ... : ...... 3,574 293 3,867 658 3,209 8,161 11,370 14,200 8,637 34,207
1974: Mar ...... 13,406 293 3,699 504 3,195 8,530 11,725 11,204 7,905 30,834 Apr...... 3,462 293 3,755 550 3,205 8,894 12,099 11,157 7,968 31,224 May ...... 3,436 293 3,729 551 3,178 8,923 12,101 11,432 8,109 31,642 June ...... 3,469 293 3,762 516 3,246 8,883 12,129 11,503 8,375 32,007 July ············ 3,403 293 3,696 550 3,146 8,687 11,833 12,676 7,557 32,066 Aug ...... 3,414 293 3,707 535 3,172 8,446 11,618 13,088 7,321 32,027 Sept ...... 3,489 293 3,782 544 3,238 8,551 11,789 13,423 7,199 32,411 Oct...... 3,446 293 3,739 583 3,156 8,857 12,013 13,933 7,232 33,178 Nov ...... 3,508 293 3,801 605 3,196 8,613 11,809 14,222 7,392 33,423 Dec...... 3,574 293 3,867 658 3,209 8,161 11,370 14,200 8,637 34,207
1975: Jan ...... 3,875 312 4,187 840 3,347 8,158 11,505 14,062 9,399 34,966 Feb...... 3,727 314 4,041 625 3,416 7,715 11,131 14,076 9,958 35,165 Mar...... 3,682 314 3,996 550 3,446 8,545 11,991 13,717 10,275 35,983
9.2 BANKING STATISTICS: LIABILITIES AND ASSETS $million
Liabilities Assets No.of Notes Deposits Balances due Other Total Cash Balances due Loans Investments Other Total report- in to liabil- liabil- (legal from and assets assets As at end of ing circu- ities ities tender ad- year/month banks lation Other notes Other vances ba.nks Banks and b'\nks Banks Local Other De- Time Sav- Total coins) mand ings H~':,g abroad H~ng abroad Kong Kong
1971 ...... 73 2,742 5,317 7,395 6,073 18,785 1,980 3,000 2,978 29,485 358 2,004 9,384 11,836 1,051 30 4,822 29,485 1972 ...... 73 3,151 8,500 7,807 8,306 24,613 3,103 5,428 4,030 40,325 466 3,104 10,616 17,726 1,491 59 6,863 40,325 1973 ...... 74 3,448 8,623 9,958 7,610 26, 191 3,723 8,911 5,056 47,329 574 3,843 10,201 23,263 1,923 62 7,463 47,329 1974 ...... 74 3,574 8,161 14,200 8,637 30,998 5,167 15,460 6,710 61,909 658 5,216 14,726 29,549 2,363 48 9,349 61,909
1974: Mar ...... 74 3,406 8,530 11,204 7,905 27,639 3,504 9,645 5,449 49,643 504 3,462 11,721 24,319 2,011 56 7,570 49,643 Apr...... 74 3,462 8,894 11,157 7,968 28,019 3,721 9,950 5,475 50,627 550 3,766 11,300 25,112 2,032 56 7,811 50,627 May ...... 74 3,436 8,923 11,432 8,109 28,464 4,060 10,286 5,774 52,020 551 4,117 11,645 25,570 2,074 52 8,011 52,020 June ...... 74 3,469 8,883 11,503 8,375 28,761 4,098 11,076 5,727 53,131 516 4,151 12,052 26,325 2,117 52 7,918 53,131 July ...... 74 3,403 8,687 12,676 7,557 28,920 4,138 12,364 6,007 54,832 550 4,345 12.771 26,771 2,253 53 8,089 54,832 Aug ...... 74 3,414 8,446 13,088 7,321 28,855 4,217 12,578 6,401 55,465 535 4,287 13,602 26,859 2,249 51 7,882 55,465 Sept...... 74 3,489 8,551 13,423 7,199 29,173 4,431 13,075 6,665 56,833 544 4,456 13,998 26,904 2,276 51 8,604 56,833 Oct...... 74 3,446 8,857 13,933 7,232 30,022 4,643 13,751 6,835 58,697 583 4,769 14,218 27,993 2,287 52 8,795 58,697 Nov ...... 74 3,508 8,613 14,222 7,392 30,227 4,946 15,575 7,282 61,538 605 4,986 14,559 29,315 2,293 51 9,729 61,538 Dec...... 74 3,574 8,161 14,200 8,637 30,998 5,167 15,460 6,710 61,909 658 5,216 14,726 29,549 2,363 48 9,349 61,909
1975: Jan ...... 74 3,875 8,158 14,062 9,399 31,619 4,196 15,851 6,470 62,011 840 4,248 14,566 30.251 2,278 46 9, 782 62,011 Feb ...... 74 3,727 7,715 14,076 9,958 31,749 4,928 17,191 6,506 64,101 625 5,011 15,295 31,300 2,298 47 9,525 64,101 Mar...... 74 3,682 8,545 13,717 10,275 32,537 6,403 18,592 6,358 67,572 550 6,584 16,839 32,103 2,309 50 9,137 67,572
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9.3 ANALYSIS OF BANK LOANS AND ADVANCES $million
As at last day of quarter ended Dec. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec. Mar. 1971 1972 1973 1974 1974 1974 1974 1975
No. of reporting banks 73 73 74 74 74 74 74 74
1. Manufacturing: ...... 1,979 2,233 2,423 2,703 2,875 2,836 2,956 2,902 (a) textiles: ...... 765 785 838 972 1,020 986 1,040 1,047 (i) cotton ...... (462) (425) (432) (518) (557) (517) (547) (527) (ii) other ...... (303) (360) (406) (454) (463) (469) (493) (520) (b) footwear and wearing apparel ...... 315 424 495 470 493 455 452 424 (c) metal products and engineering ...... 161 191 186 16 207 201 236 244 (d) rubber, plastics and chemicals ...... 159 156 181 190 238 238 314 314 (e) shipbuilding and repair ...... 36 50 57 63 64 69 48 54 (f) electrical and electronic ...... 213 269 224 308 303 283 292 305 (g) food ...... 43 36 42 46 69 62 73 64 (h) beverages and tobacco ...... 29 43 48 45 59 56 57 53 (i) printing and publishing ...... 61 61 68 90 103' 125 130 108 (j) miscellaneous ...... 197 218 284 303 319 361 314 289
2. Agriculture and fisheries: ...... 5 8 10 11 13 14 20 12 (a) fisheries ...... 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 (b) livestock and livestock products ...... 2 2 3 2 3 3 9 2 (c) vegetables and horticulture ...... 4 3 4 5 6 5 4
3. Transport and transport equipment ...... 1,439 2,063 3,035 3,243 3,388 3,485 4,246 4,540
4. Electricity, gas and telephone ...... 144 197 273 240 319 317 374 414
5. Building and construction ...... 723 1,089 1,572 1,538 1,569 1,527 1,569 1,511
6. General commerce: ...... 4,189 5,110 6,957 7,903 8,742 8,694 8,880 8,973 (a) import, export and wholesale trade ...... 3,961 4,770 6,567 7,497 8,310 8,206 8,423 8,521 (b) retail trade ...... 228 340 390 406 432 488 457 452
7. Mining and quarrying ...... 16 21 2 8 8
8. Miscellaneous: ...... 3,356 7,010 8,972 8,679 9,418 10,030 11,496 13,743 (a) hotels, boarding houses and catering ...... 102 230 346 292 327 347 355 355 (b) financial concerns including banks ...... 535 1,259 1,359 1,242 1,347 1,949 1,720 1,658 (c) stockbrokers ...... 249 736 503 432 451 434 291 289 (d) professional and private individuals: ...... 1,862 3,746 4,320 4,213 4,151 4,038 4,020 4,079 (i) for business purposes ...... (566) (1,030) (875) (889) (857) (838) (848) (882) (ii) for private purposes ...... (1,296) (2,716) (3,445) (3,324) (3,294) (3,200) (3,172) (3,197) ( e) all others ...... 608 1,039 2,444 2,500 3,142 3,262 5,110 7,362
Total Joans and advances ...... 11,836 17,726 23,263 24,319 26,325 26,904 29,549 32,103
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9.4 INTEREST RATES PAID BY PRINCIPAL BANKS % per annum
Time deposits rates paid Effective from Savings deposits 7 days' call 1 month 3 months 6 months 12 months rate paid
s May 1971 ·········································· 4t St St 5t 3t 11 Oct. 1971 ·········································· 3t 4t 4t 4t 3t 1 Mar. 1973 ...... 4t St Si St 3t 14 June 1973 ...... s 6 6t 6t 3t 1 Aug. 1973 ·········································· 6 6t 6i 6i 3t 17 Aug. 1973 ·········································· 6t 7 7 7 3t 1 Sept. 1973 ...... 6t 7 7 7 4 to Sept. 1973 ·········································· 7t 7i s s s 4 4 July 1974 ·········································· St St 9 9 9 4 lS July 1974 ·········································· 9t to tot lot lot 4 1 Aug. 1974 ...... 9t to lot lot lot s 30 Oct. 1974 ...... 9 9t 9t 9! 9! 5 20 Nov. 1974 ...... St St 9-! 9t 9t s 27 Nov. 1974 ·········································· 7t s 9 9t 9t s 2S Nov. 1974 ·········································· 6 6t St 9 9 5 13 Dec. 1974 ...... s s 7t s St 5 16 Dec. 1974 ...... 4t 6 7 7t 5 11 Jan. 197S ...... 4t 6 7 7t 4t 19 Feb. 1975 ·········································· 4t St 6t 7 4-t 22 Feb. 1975 ·········································· 4-! 4t St 6 4 1 Mar. 197S ·········································· 4t 4t St 6 3t s Mar. 197S ...... 2t 3t 4t St 3t 2 Mar. 197S ·········································· 2t 3t 4t St 2t Note: Interest rate for deposits over 12 months is by agreement between the individual depositor and the bank concerned.
9.5 INTEREST RATES CHARGED AND BANK CHEQUES CLEARED
.Banks"..agreed. best Inter-bank Bank cheques Value of bank Year/month lending rate lending rate cleared cheques cleared
% per annum % per annum Items $million 1971 7-S 3t-7t 20,969,298 1S4,493 1972 7 2t-7 2S,Sl3,779 329,0S9 1973 7-9t 3t-11 33,774,608 463,8S4 1974 9-12 4t-17t 31,428,SS2 3S2,676 1974: Mar...... 9! 7!-- to 2,SS0,380 2S,490 Apr...... 9! 7-St 2,423,644 26,4S4 May ...... 9t 6t-9t 2,S79,406 32,629 June ...... 9! 7!-9 2,6S5,795 33,211 July ...... 9t (10.t) (12)* 7t-9t 2,7S7,047 33,673 Aug ...... 12 St- lot 2,4S9,399 30,SOS Sept...... 12 7t-11 2,S7S,4SS 2S,S29 Oct ...... 12 (llt)'f 7-St 2,S47,1Sl 27,SSS Nov ...... llt(ll)(IO!) (lOt)t 6!- -10!- 2,719,2SO 29,960 Dec ...... tot (9t) (9) § 4t-7t 2,SSS,104 2S,S74 197S: Jan ...... 9 3-!- lOt 2,962,49S 33,807 Feb ...... 9 (St) (7-m! 2t-lot 2,39S,90S 27,7SS Mar...... 7t (6t)** 1-2.t 2,463,628 30,709
* IOt% per annum with effect from 4th July 1974 and 12% per annum from 14th July 1974. t llt % per annum with effect from 30th October 1974. t 11 % per annum with effect from 20th November 1974, 10.i- % per annum from 27th November 1974 and lOt % per annum from 2Sth November 1974. § 9!% per annum with effect from 13th December 1974 and 9% per annum from 16th December 1974. 'If St% per annum with effect from 19th February 197S and 7t% per annum from 22nd February 1975. ** 6-!-% per annum with effect from Sth March 197S.
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9.6 EXCHANGE RATES IN HONG KONG DOLLARS Hong Kong dollars to one unit of foreign currency
Republic As New Indo- at end of Yen Taiwan nesian Belgian of year/month d~J~r Sterling D~~:~he C~~ll~~an A':i'~u~~an Sid~ll~~re Guilder ~;;;~~ Renminbi Thb~~i°d franc Korea dollar rupiah won
1971 ...... 5.705 14.58 1.76 0.0181 5.70 6.75 1.98 1.76 0.127 1.47 2.4876 0.277 0.014 0.130 0.015 1972 ············ 5.700 13.40 1.79 0.0191 5.74 7.30 2.03 1.77 0.149 1.52 2.5648 0.280 0.014 0.130 0.013 1973 ...... 5.090 11.80 1.90 0.0180 5.11 7.53 2.07 1.81 0.133 1.59 2.5336 0.255 0.012 0.130 0.013 1974 ············ 4.930 11.60 2.06 0.0165 4.98 6.50 2.15 1.99 0.135 1.98 2.6610 0.247 0.012 0.137 0.011 1974: Mar. ... 5.065 12.20 2.01 0.0186 5.22 7.51 2.11 1.90 0.133 1.71 2.5589 0.258 0.012 0.132 0.013 Apr. ... 5.062 12.35 2.08 0.0182 5.29 7.49 2.14 1.96 0.134 1.74 2.6110 0.257 0.013 0.135 0.013 May ... 5.050 12.17 2.00 0.0181 5.29 7.48 2.10 1.91 0.134 1.71 2.6116 0.253 0.013 0.128 0.013 June ... 5.038 12.20 1.99 0.0178 5.30 7.47 2.07 1.91 0.138 1.69 2.5714 0.250 0.013 0.128 0.013 July ... 5.050 12.30 1.99 0.0174 5.29 7.50 2.08 1.96 0.137 1.74 2.6123 0.252 0.012 0.135 0.013 Aug. ... 5.060 11.95 1.93 0.0169 5.29 7.48 2.06 1.89 0.135 1.71 2.5517 0.253 0.012 0.127 0.013 Sept. ... 5.058 11.90 1.91 0.0171 5.16 6.68 2.08 1.88 0.130 1.71 2.5517 0.254 0.012 0.128 0.013 Oct. ... 5.020 11.85 1.98 0.0169 5.12 6.58 2.12 1.93 0.133 1.78 2.5780 0.254 0.012 0.132 0.013 Nov. ... 4.880 11.40 1.99 0.0164 4.95 6.45 2.12 1.92 0.132 1.82 2.5826 0.250 0.012 0.132 0.012 Dec. ... 4.930 11.60 2.06 0.0165 4.98 6.50 2.15 1.99 0.135 1.98 2.6610 0.247 0.012 0.137 0.011 1975: Jan. ...4.715 11.30 2.02 0.0160 4.78 6.31 2.08 1.94 0.127 1.90 2.6378 0.246 0.012 0.135 0.011 Feb . ... 4.685 11.40 2.05 0.0166 4.73 6.40 2.10 1.99 0.130 1.95 2.6582 0.235 0.011 0.136 0.011 Mar. ... 4.850 11.77 2.08 0.0168 4.87 6.57 2.15 2.03 0.133 1.93 2.7701 0.255 0.011 0.138 0.011
Note: Rates quoted are the closing selling rates for the last working day of the period under consideration.
9.7 EXCHANGE RATES IN HONG KONG DOLLARS IN MARCH 1975 Hong Kong dollars to one unit of foreign currency
Republic As at end New Indo- Belgian of of day d1;;ll~r Sterling D~u::~hc Yen C~~ll~~an Ads~l~:an Sid~~l~~re Guilder Taiwan ~r':~~ Renminbi Thh~hfd nesian franc Korea dollar rupiah won
March 1 ············ 4.680 11.45 2.06 0.0166 4.75 6.40 2.11 2.00 0.130 1.95 2.6582 0.235 0.011 0.137 0.011 2 ...... 3 ············ 4.710 11.50 2.08 0.0167 4.77 6.43 2.11 2.01 0.130 1.97 2.6582 0.235 0.011 0.137 0.011 4 ...... 4.710 11.50 2.08 0.0166 4.77 6.43 2.13 2.02 0.130 1.98 2.6582 0.235 0.011 0.140 0.011 5 ············ 4.710 11.50 2.07 0.0166 4.77 6.45 2.11 2.00 0.128 1.94 2.6582 0.235 0.012 0.140 0.011 6 ...... 4.710 11.50 2.07 0.0166 4.77 6.45 2.11 2.02 0.128 1.95 2.6853 0.235 0.012 0.140 0.011 7 ...... 4.735 11.55 2.07 0.0167 4.80 6.47 2.13 2.02 0.128 1.95 2.6853 0.235 0.012 0.140 0.011 8 ...... 4.800 11.50 2.04 0.0167 4.85 6.45 2.12 2.01 0.128 1.93 2.6853 0.235 0.012 0.135 0.011 9 ...... 10 ...... 4.770 11.50 2.05 0.0167 4.81 6.49 2.13 2.01 0.128 1.94 2.6853 0.237 0.012 0.135 0.011 11 ...... 4.770 11.55 2.05 0.0167 4.81 6.49 2.13 2.00 0.127 1.93 2.6853 0.238 0.012 0.137 0.011 12 ...... 4.765 11.55 2.07 0.0167 4.80 6.50 2.14 2.02 0.125 1.94 2.7122 0.238 0.012 0.138 0.011 13 ...... 4.785 11.55 2.07 0.0166 4.82 6.51 2.14 2.02 0.125 1.94 2.7122 0.238 0.012 0.135 0.011 14 ············ 4.795 11.60 2.08 0.0166 4.84 6.52 2.14 2.03 0.128 1.94 2.7122 0.240 0.011 0.136 0.011 15 ············ 4.790 11.65 2.08 0.0167 4.85 6.52 2.14 2.03 0.128 1.94 2.7122 0.240 0.011 0.136 0.011 16 ...... 17 ...... 4.815 11.70 2.08 0.0168 4.87 6.55 2.15 2.03 0.130 1.94 2.7122 0.242 0.011 0.138 0.011 18 ...... 4.815 11.70 2.09 0.0169 4.88 6.56 2.15 2.04 0.131 1.95 2.7122 0.243 0.012 0.138 0.011 19 ...... 4.815 11.75 2.10 0.0168 4.88 6.58 2.16 2.05 0.132 1.96 2.7122 0.245 0.012 0.139 0.011 20 ············ 4.830 11.75 2.11 0.0169 4.90 6.60 2.16 2.05 0.132 1.97 2.7122 0.248 0.012 0.139 0.011 21 ...... 4.855 11.80 2.11 0.0170 4.92 6.64 2.18 2.06 0.133 1.97 2.7420 0.249 0.012 0.140 0.011 22 ...... 4.880 11.85 2.12 0.0170 4.95 6.65 2.18 2.07 0.133 1.98 2.7420 0.250 0.012 0.140 0.011 23 ...... 24 ...... 4.870 11.85 2.12 0.0171 4.94 6.66 2.16 2.07 0.134 1.98 2.7420 0.252 0.012 0.140 0.011 25 ············ 4.885 11.85 2.11 0.0169 4.92 6.65 2.16 2.06 0.134 1.96 2.7701 0.255 0.012 0.140 0.011 26 ...... 4.850 11.85 2.10 0.0169 4.87 6.59 2.16 2.05 0.134 1.95 2.7701 0.255 0.011 0.140 0.011 27 ············ 4.850 11.77 2.08 0.0168 4.87 6.57 2.15 2.03 0.133 1.93 2.7701 0.255 0.011 0.138 0.011 28 ...... 29 ...... 30 31 ············......
Note: Rates quoted are the closing selling rates. Dashes indicate no business performed on the day.
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9.8 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT $million
Revenue Expenditure Year*/quarter Direct Indirect Other Economic Social General Unallocable taxes taxes revenue Total services services services expenditure Total
1970-1971 ...... 803 1,030 1,238 3,071 257 1,354 765 76 2,452 1971-1972 ...... 956 1,210 1,375 3,541 330 1,626 865 80 2,901 1972-1973 ····················· 1,123 1,832 1,981 4,936 946t 2,090 1,161 103 4,300t 1973-1974 ...... 1,729 1,556 1,956 5,241 930t 2,671 1,444 123 5,168t
1973: Oct.-Dec. ············ 699 358 520 1,577 174 692 383 34 1,283
1974: Jan.-Mar. ············ 819 350 523 1,692 511t 768 447 34 l,760t Apr.-June ...... 142 338 534 1,014 176 732 354 34 1,296 July-Sept. ············ 154 325 569 1,048 260 884 398 40 1,582 Oct.-Dec...... 840 349 540 1,729 171 915 458 42 1,586
• Fiscal year. t Including $500 million contribution towards the Mass Transit System. t Including $300 million contribution towards the Mass Transit Railway Equity Corporation. Note: 'Economic services' includes primary products, airport and harbour, commerce and industry, transport and communica tions, roads and civil engineering. 'Social services' includes education, medical and health, water, housing, fire services, labour, social welfare, amenities and related services. 'General services' includes administration, law and order, defence, public relations, revenue collection and financial control. 'Unallocable expenditure' includes interest and repayment on public debt, pensions and advances.
9.9 VALUE OF STOCK EXCHANGE TURNOVER $million
Hong Kong Kam Ngan Kowloon Year/month Far East Stock Stock Total turnover Stock Exchange Ltd. Exchange Ltd. Exchange Ltd. Exchange Ltd.
1971 ······························ 4,738.37 7,833.72 2,221.31 14,793.39 1972 ······························ 10,610.72 18,110.79 8,104.09 6,932.02 43,757.62 1973 ······························ 12,285.00 15,937.33 12,415.40 7,579.65 48,217.38 1974 ...... 2,445.62 5,049.35 3,049.34 701.37 11,245.68
1974: Mar...... 178.64 343.20 208.53 54.93 785.30 Apr...... 137.32 222.45 135.49 25.61 520.87 May ...... 389.79 748.89 416.18 94.85 1,649.71 June ...... 506.82 1,102.44 617.03 165.49 2,391.78 July ························ 278.91 669.99 370.40 108.08 1,427.38 Aug ...... 130.04 315.26 178.82 38.11 662.23 Sept ...... 131.02 350.70 226.05 38.10 745.87 Oct. ························ 101.36 250.92 170.47 23.58 546.33 Nov...... 102.91 229.80 138.53 17.92 489.16 Dec ...... 64.52 172.17 103.20 13.95 353.84
1975: Jan. ························ 158.52 342.08 199.71 25.26 725.57 Feb ...... 235.79 512.80 318.91 41.78 1,109.28 Mar...... 389.54 840.33 477.50 76.40 1,783.77
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9.10 INDEX OF SHARE PRICES
Hang Seng Index Far East Index Kam Ngan Index Year/month (31.7.64 = 100) (I.4.71 = 1000) (2.1.73 = 100) As at end of month
Monthly average 1971 ...... 281.81 1,483.82§ 1972 ······················································································ 489.18 2,374.15 1973 ······················································································ 786.01 3,824.25 48.36t 1974 ...... 304.94 1,454.90 26.98 1974: Mar...... 337.78 1,596.71 29.38 Apr...... 300.00 1,414.27 26.62 May ...... 401.16 1,911.98 34.65 June ...... 399.36 l,886.16 34.70 July ...... 338.15 1,620.85 29.95 Aug...... 259.66 1,244.67 24.00 Sept ...... 212.59 1,028.53 19.81 Oct ...... ' ...... 224.42 1.094.96 20.58 Nov...... 174.85 840.98 16.36 Dec ...... 171.11 834.65 15.55 1975: Jan ...... : ...... 220.23 1,095.57 18.48 Feb ...... 252.67 1,264.47 21.26 Mar...... 279.38 1,366.30 23.95
§ Monthly average of April - December. t Monthly average of August - December.
9.11 INDEX OF SHARE PRICES AND VALUE OF STOCK EXCHANGE TURNOVER IN MARCH 1975
Stock exchange turnover As at Hang Seng Far East Kam Ngan end of day Index Index Index Hong Kong Far East Kam Ngan Kowloon (31.7.64~100) (1.4. 71~1000) (2.l.73~100) Stock Stock Stock Total Exchange Ltd. Exchange Ltd. Exchange Ltd. Exchange Ltd.
$mm. $mm. $mm. $mm. $mm. March 1 ...... 2 3 ...... ····················· 266.06 1,337.64 22.20 15.63 43.56 18.67 3.10 80.96 4 ····················· 268.09 1,343.20 22.50 14.18 24.50 19.09 2.12 59.89 5 ····················· 282.60 1,413.71 23.81 24.91 52.44 33.75 4.60 115.70 6 ····················· 296.25 1,478.51 24.88 39.13 81.21 40.19 7.43 167.96 7 ...... 311.16 1,557.94 26.17 32.61 63.13 40.63 7.99 144.36 8 ...... 9 ...... 10 309.44 1,539.29 26.01 31.27 66.92 36.59 6.57 141.35 11 ····················· 324.78 1,629.65 27.32 27.93 53.54 33.50 5.31 120.28 12 ·····················...... 315.93 1,574.20 26.79 28.00 61.67 34.73 7.22 131.62 13 294.26 1,461.66 25.12 29.83 55.26 31.58 5.95 122.62 14 ·····················...... 292.21 1,434.64 24.80 22.12 54.35 28.69 6.39 111.55 15 ...... 16 ...... 17 294.86 1,456.93 25.11 14.13 27.87 17.91 2.15 62.06 18 ····················· 294.73 1,434.60 24.95 11.28 25.10 14.69 1.84 52.91 19 ····················· 300.27 1,481.05 25.48 11.62 23.63 14.21 1.40 50.86 20 ····················· 298.92 1,470.42 25.41 14.05 34.46 18.36 2.43 69.30 21 ...... ····················· 286.72 1,399.00 24.54 11.18 26.25 15.62 2.18 55.23 22 ...... 23 ····················· 24 ····················· 269.29 1,304.91 23.16 16.55 37.32 18.03 2.20 74.10 25 ················· 250.29 J,204.59 21.85 16.07 39.48 21.78 2.68 80.01 26 252.40 1,223.74 21.95 14.28 31.58 19.13 1.94 66.93 27 ····················· 279.38 1,366.30 23.95 14.78 38.06 20.35 2.90 76.09 28 ····················· 29 ····················· 30 ·····················...... 31 ·····················
Not.: Dashes indicate no business performed on the day.
36 FINANCE
9.12 INSTRUMENTS REGISTERED IN THE LAND OFFICE
Assignments of properties Mortgages
Mortgages other Year/month Assignments Assignments Assignments Assignments of Building than building of lot of share of lot of section share of section mortgages mortgages No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value
$mn. $ mn. $ mn. Smn. $ mn. Smn.
1971 ...... 839 602.92 9,288 832.80 888 741.29 13,407 1,003.32 145 208.23 17,440 1,839.09 1972 ...... 896 910.10 9,355 1,095.15 902 964.78 19,136 1,709.62 196 472.75 23,902 2,621.99 1973 ...... 888 1,751.55 10,904 1,519.54 827 2,042.30 21,781 2,346.29 96 343.84 31,712 4,978.58 1974 ...... 349 658.67 9,226 1,344.18 310 915.69 19,107 2,194.73 115 345.52 23,954 3,977.04
1974: Mar ...... 49 57.61 689 99.69 34 78.03 1,559 160.49 5 9.55 1,877 313.55 Apr ...... 33 69.94 656 84.37 16 46.33 1,311 168.94 13 38.20 1,518 267.18 May ...... 32 57.33 900 123.90 37 21.90 1,675 196.73 6 32.17 2,299 401.17 June ...... 31 204.99 859 142.84 18 25.54 1,203 131.13 12 41.55 1,771 286.34 July ...... 33 91.14 798 111.11 35 236.48 1,706 178.20 11 23.40 2,152 541.02 Aug ...... 35 34.97 914 127.35 31 36.20 2,190 255.39 6 8.75 2,333 381.26 Sept ...... 24 19.64 940 162.72 31 35.74 1,837 191.88 9 53.62 2,173 271.36 Oct ...... 28 27.76 590 103.14 26 145.20 1,443 143.67 10 39.27 2,136 310.27 Nov...... 25 18.56 824 147.05 40 66.06' 1,777 277.95 6 10.66 2,293 427.85 Dec ...... 11 4.81 343 52.65 7 119.10 923 112.66 4 22.82 1,228 220.13
1975: Jan ...... 29 17.62 969 147.70 25 678.43 2,297 261.95 7 18.09 2,779 360.46 J:eb ...... 16 10.42 589 89.68 13 20.93 962 112.34 5 10.12 1,569 248.08 Mar...... 36 41.35 595 88.19 18 18.86 1,022 123.82 6 5.54 1,378 357.15
Reassignments and Agreements Tenancy Exclusion orders certificates of for sale agreements issued under Landlord Miscellaneous Total Year/month satisfaction and purchase and Tenant Ordinance No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value
Smn. $ mn. $mn. Smn. Smn. S mn.
1971...... ····· .... 10,947 973.98 13,007 1,509 224 6,252 4.58 73,946 6,206.22 1972...... 12,087 1,369.34 14,760 1,769 195 7,859 37.66 91,057 9,181.39 1973...... 14,310 1,670.44 6,251 1,828 138 7,631 33.24 96,366 14,685.78 1974...... 16,460 1,791.01 6,058 1,795 164 7,644 15.66 85,182 11,242.50
1974: Mar ...... 1,255 192.06 530 158 18 577 0.37 6,751 911.35 Apr...... 1,012 118.65 399 126 51 490 0.91 5,625 794.53 May ...... 1,609 139.98 718 160 680 8.65 8,116 981.83 June ...... 1,181 140.59 543 158 585 1.04 6,362 974.03 July ...... 1,349 194.42 701 157 24 657 0.19 7,623 1,375.95 Aug ...... 1,374 162.68 684 194 669 0.28 8,431 1,006.88 Sept ...... 1,454 140.32 584 147 613 0.35 7,812 875.63 Oct ...... 1,501 164.59 265 140 24 887 7,050 933.88 Nov...... 2,056 237.59 487 184 19 818 8,529 1,185.72 Dec ...... 1,186 96.48 383 94 7 426 4,612 628.65
1975: Jan...... 1,476 199.88 543 161 775 1.87 9,061 1,685.99 Feb...... 1,105 126.72 345 111 7 505· 1.82 5,227 620.11 Mar...... 1,293 144.65 431 153 13 612 0.04 5,557 779.59
37 FINANCE
9.13 LOCAL AND FOREIGN COMPANIES REGISTERED AND DISSOLVED
Local companies Foreign companies Total Total corn- com panies panics Total Amount of authorised share capital exist- Total Total Total regis- dis- ing at regis- dis Year/month tered solved exist end of tered solved ing at $10,000 $50,000 $100,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 during during period during during Under and and and and and and $10,000,000 Guar- year/ year/ year/ year/ end of $10,000 under under under under under under and above antee month month- month month period $50,000 $100,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 $10,000,000
1971 264 449 253 1,603 512 563 32 24 147 3,847 454 21,622 107 40 763 1972 396 754 317 1,741 600 711 53 79 159 4,810 365 26,067 101 32 832 1973 548 1,239 253 1,524 580 932 110 154 179 5,519 294 31,292 74 53 853 1974 493 1,163 205 1,338 433 675 66 41 154 4,568 444 35,416 81 64 870
1974: Mar. 48 81 12 124 43 73 5 4 13 403 37 32,278 7 4 853 Apr. 40 57 11 109 37 61 5 2 13 335 4 32,609 4 14 843 May 69 122 21 155 52 75 4 6 16 520 39 33,090 9 849 Iune 57 132 18 151 36 58 10 2 13 477 23 33,544 10 859 Iuly 30 112 18 119 46 62 4 5 15 411 56 33,899 3 4 858 Aug. 49 145 17 116 35 64 7 4 13 450 44 34,305 7 2 863 Sept. 37 90 28 113 23 56 6 15 368 9 34,664 5 5 863 Oct. 44 66 16 76 35 47 5 10 302 62 34,904 8 8 863 Nov. 33 89 23 81 26 38 4 5 15 314 23 35,195 10 2 871 Dec. 54 89 16 88 28 39 3 11 328 107 35,416 4 5 870
1975:1an. 25 130 16 98 46 32 2 5 13 367 25 35,758 5 4 871 Feb. 39 75 8 85 26 32 4 14 283 11 36,030 6 876 Mar. 23 61 10 91 36 42 2 5 14 284 86 36,228 3 2 877
38 SECTION 10 BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING
10.1 EXISTING PRIVATE LIVING QUARTERS IN URBAN AREAS*
Net gain Existing living quarters Year/quarter Hong Kong Kowloon New Tsuen Hong Kong New Tsuen Island Kowloon Wan Total Island Kowloon Kowloon Wan Total
1971t 6,240 990 2,175 1,175 10,580 118,636 95,069 56,433 6,264 276,402
1972 6,997 3,039 5,355 2,060 17,451 125,633 98,108 61,788 8,324 293,853
1973 6,547 5,607 5,413 4,391 21,958 132,180 103,715 67,201 12,715 315,811
1974 6,975 3,103 5,428 2,381 17,887 139,155 106,818 72,629 15,096 333,698
1973: 4th qtr. . .. 1,795 1,018 980 494 4,287 132,180 103,715 67,201 12,715 315,811
1974: lst qtr. 1,669 654 1,346 540 4,209 133,849 104,369 68,547 13,255 320,020
2nd qtr. 703 928 1,158 757 3,546 134,552 105,297 69,705 14,012 323,566
3rd qtr. 2,129 864 1,762 600 5,355 136,681 106,161 71,467 14,612 328,921
4th qtr. 2,474 657 1,162 484 4,777 139,155 106,818 72,629 15,096 333,698
• Hotels excluded. t From lst March onwards.
10.2 PUBLIC HOUSING
Hong Kong Rest of As at end of Island Kowloon New Kowloon Tsuen Wan New Territories Total year/quarter Flats Shops Persons Flats Shops Persons Flats Shops Persons Flats Shops Persons Flats Shops Persons Flats Shops Persons
1971 ...... 33,255 1,078 179,000 6,822 151 40,200 210,175 9,504 1,121,400 48,679 1,744 242,800 5,622 192 14,500 304,553 12,669 1,597,900
1972 ...... 34,196 1,094 186,500 7,173 151 41,100 215,357 9,499 1,158,900 55,896 1,798 287,200 5,597 177 17,000 318,219 12,719 1,690,700
1973 ...... 38,006 1,116 197,000 10,799 179 50,100 221,737 9,467 1,165,300 59,080 1,828 306,200 5,612 176 18,700 335,234 12,766 1,737,300
1974 ...... 37,990 1,116 203,80012,938 184 65,600 223,391 9,663 1,170,200 59,014 1,817 309,900 5,619 172 22,000 338,952 12,952 1,771,500
1974: lst qtr.... 38,014 1,118 198,70010,801 183 52,100 221,734 9,482 1,167,400 59,080 1,837 308,200 5,612 176 19,000 335,241 12,796 1,745,400
2nd qtr.... 38,016 1,119 201,60011,492 180 53,200 221,814 9,512 1,170,300 59,080 1,841 309,300 5,612 176 19,800 336,014 12,828 1,754,200
3rd qtr .... 37,990 1,118 203,400 12,051 183 60,400 222,953 9,648 1,173,700 59,025 1,814 310,000 5,615 172 21,800 337,634 12,935 1,769,300
4th qtr•... 37,990 1,116 203,80012,938 184 65,600 223,391 9,663 1,170,200 59,014 1,817 309,900 5,619 172 22,000 338,952 12,952 1,771,500
1975: lst qtr.... 37,992 1,118 204,90014,711 200 75,100 222,409 9,596 1,174,300 59,014 1,817 311,200 5,619 172 22,100 339,745 12,903 1,787,600
•Flats' refers to domestic units within estate blocks including vacant flats. 'Shops' refers to commercial units within estate blocks excluding charitable, educational and welfare units. 'Persons' refers to authorized population in estate blocks.
39 BUILDING
10.3 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS WITH CONSENT TO COMMENCE WORK
Usable floor area (thousand sq. ft.) Number Year/month Factory/ of consents Residential Commercial godown Others Total issued
1971 741 12,432 5,295 8,863 984 27,575 1972 712 10,912 3,250 4,380 1,605 20,146 1973 650 7,871 5,013 5,507 720 19,110 1974 611 4,876 5,729 4,226 1,048 15,880
1974: Mar...... 55 520 498 71 200 1,289 Apr...... 52 353 221 417 5 996 May ...... 51 460 210 671 109 1,450 June ...... 55 485 650 522 169 1,826 July ...... 65 652 467 244 71 1,435 Aug ...... 48 406 385 374 75 1,239 Sept ...... 47 246 780 430 52 1,508 Oct ...... 41 127 831 294 101 1,353 Nov...... 55 598 516 148 103 1,365 Dec ...... 56 374 464 481 113 1,432
1975: Jan. 50 580 412 186 177 1,354 Feb. 42 364 267 67 71 769 Mar ...... 46 242 640 193 603 1,679
Note: Figures cover the whole Colony and refer to new building projects with consent to commence work given by the Buildings Ordinance Office, Public Works Department.
10.4 COMPLETED BUILDINGS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION
Residential Non-residential Combined Total Cost Cost/ Cost *Cost/ Cost Cost/ Cost •costf Year/month Usable Gross of sq. ft. Usable Gross of sq. ft. Usable Gross of sq. ft. Usable Gross of sq. ft. No. floor floor cons usable No. floor floor cons usable No. floor floor cons usable No. floor floor cons usable area area true floor area area true floor area area true floor area area true floor tion area tion area tion area tion area
'000 '000 $'000 $/ '000 '000 $'000 $/ '000 'OOO $'000 $/ ·ooo ·ooo s·ooo s1 sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. sq, ft. 1971 83 3,471 5,636 201,558 58 228 11,477 15,398 442,626 38 341 5, 112 S,094 232, 763 46 652 20,060 29,127 876,947 44 1972 113 3,868 6,086 294,441 76 235 11,314 15,581 484,593 43 371 8,193 13,950 476,892 SS 719 23,376 35,617 1,255,926 54 1973 110 3,266 5,423 282,960 87 205 8,074 10,665 449, 107 54 395 9,951 15,627 651,253 65 710 21,292 31,715 1,383,320 65 1974 ...... 140 4,327 7,218 456,753 106 195 7,618 10,827 580,591 76 309 9,934 15,810 831,625 84 644 21,880 33,855 1,868,969 85
1974: Mar. 11 400 733 41,749 104 14 1,029 1,467 67,331 65 23 1,172 2,086 139,791 119 48 2,601 4,286 248,870 96 Apr. 15 364 597 46,024 127 15 479 650 37,644 79 19 347 510 26,830 77 49 1,189 1,757 110,498 93 May 15 341 563 44,669 131 20 1,391 1,961 194,509 140 34 951 1,388 66,072 70 69 2,683 3,912 305,250 114 June 5 138 234 13,543 98 21 1,110 1,555 62,630 53 IS 373 583 28,106 75 41 1,621 2,371 104,280 62 July 17 424 685 51,638 122 14 676 1,079 28,736 43 35 906 1,386 73,307 81 66 2,006 3,150 153,682 77 Aug. 8 297 505 29,345 99 14 365 525 23,128 63 23 1,043 1,626 50, 182 48 45 I,705 2,656 102,655 60 Sept. 12 288 496 42,772 148 22 908 1,174 49,792 55 36 1,381 2,362 159,143 115 70 2,578 4,032 251,708 98 Oct. 16 663 1,000 70,266 106 21 622 895 39,998 63 24 615 1,023 61,428 100 61 1,900 2,918 171,692 90 Nov. 19 647 1,196 39,051 60 14 200 272 19,189 96 25 1,340 2,031 76,330 57 58 2,186 3,499 134,571 62 Dec. 9 356 543 44,067 124 16 256 377 20,544 80 30 697 1,073 69,926 100 55 1,309 1,992 134,537 103
1975:Jan. 8 455 733 49,851 110 13 503 574 28,416 56 34 658 974 56,843 86 55 1,616 2,281 135,111 84 Feb. 9 146 229 17,825 122 21 518 674 44,709 86 21 434 661 32,700 75 51 1,097 1,564 95,234 87 Mar. 9 236 373 36,477 155 18 382 518 29,630 78 35 997 1,672 103,825 104 62 1,615 2,564 169,932 105
• Calculation excludes values of certain projects with no area given. Note: Figures cover the whole Colony and refer to completed new buildings certified for occupation by the Buildings Ordinance Office, Public Works Department.
40 Bllij.DING
10.5 USABLE FLOOR AREA OF COMPLETED NEW BUILDINGS
Thousand sq. ft.
Residential Non-residential Year/month HongKong Kowloon New New T t HongKong K New New T t Grand Island Kowloon Territories 0 a 1 Island ow1 oon Kowloon Territories 0 a 1 total
1971 ...... 3,927 826 1,499 900 7,151 2,501 1,817 4,458 4,134 12,910 20,060 1972 ...... 4,409 1,820 2,547 1,301 10,079 3,856 783 2,937 5,721 13,297 23,376 1973 ...... 4,006 2,120 2,338 2,016 10,478 2,697 1,571 2.353 4,191 10,812 21,292 1974 ...... 4,972 l,638 2,367 1,524 11,501 3,578 1,583 1,281 3,938 10,379 21,880 1974: Mar... . 232 671 221 134 1,258 402 386 68 487 1,343 2,601 Apr. .. . 387 160 10 52 609 80 51 150 300 580 1,189 May .. . 343 137 327 256 1,063 879 289 42 411 1,620 2,683 June .. . 82 77 138 112 409 700 63 4 445 1,212 1,621 July .. . 333 102 434 195 1,065 49 72 132 688 941 2,006 Aug ... . 890 86 26 19 1,022 334 141 27 182 684 1,705 Sept ... . 626 128 379 221 1,354 114 191 345 574 1,224 2,578 Oct. .. . 636 270 64 94 1,063 264 97 53 423 837 1,900 Nov... . 654 636 228 217 1,735 207 93 49 102 452 2,186 Dec. 373 159 102 89 723 200 30 288 67 586 1,309 1975: Jan. 635 59 64 108 866 195 53 78 424 749 1,616 Feb. 167 40 192 38 436 202 35 264 160 661 1,097 Mar .... 601 225 110 95 1,031 263 54 185 81 583 1,615
Note: Figures cover the whole Colony and refer to completed new buildings certified for occupation by the Buildings Ordinance Office, Public Works Department.
10.6 NUMBER AND COST OF COMPLETED BUILDINGS BY COST OF CONSTRUCTION
'' Under $50,000- $100,000- $200,000- $300,000- $500,000- $1,000,000 $50,000 $99,999 $199,999 $299,999 $499,999 $999,999 and above Total Year/month No. B!Jild- Site No B!Jild- Site No Build- Site No Build- Site N B!Jild- Site No Build- Site No Build- Site Build Site mg work · mg work · mg work · 1ng work 0· mg work · ing work · ing work No. ing work
$mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. $mn. 1971 ...... 6 0.21 14 1.18 0.15 88 13.71 0.92 96 22.76 2.96 94 36.28 1.22 79 55.83 2.58 197 675.15 29.53 574 805.12 37.36 1972 ...... 3 0.09 3 0.17 37 5.44 0.21 68 17.47 0.84 88 33.62 1.16 56 37.95 1.28 192 682.39 35.28 447 777.14 38.77 1973 ...... 3 0.07 4 0.41 0.14 25 4.05 0.72 77 19.28 0.94 115 44.51 1.70 88 61.37 3.26 268 1,490.60 83.54 580 l,620.28 90.30 1974 ...... 0.03 3 0.17 12 1.91 0.60 41 10.48 0.37 106 42.02 2.20 92 62.24 3.18 278 1,426.28 99.88 533 1,543.13 106.24
1974: Mar.... 1 0.07 2 0.31 4 0.99 0.02 8 3.25 0.18 8 5.01 0.79 26 96.01 2.56 49 105.62 3.55 Apr.. .. 5 1.31 0.01 15 6.25 0.37 8 5.11 0.15 19 89.44 5.13 47 102.10 5.65 May .. . l 0.16 0.03 2 0.56 5' 1.99 0.15 9 6.12 0.24 27 183.20 5.99 44 192.03 6.41 June .. . 3 0.84 7 3.06 0.17 5 3.49 24 213.04 6.22 39 220.43 6.39 July .. . l 0.18 0.46 4 0.98 0.14 12 4.72 0.12 6 4.15 0.18 20 111.93 7.92 43 121.96 8.83 Aug... . 5 1.23 0.04 7 2.62 0.16 6 4.78 0.25 17 83.40 1.84 35 92.03 2.29 Sept ... . 1 0.13 0.01 3 0.74 5 1.90 0.11 5 3.23 0.17 20 68.47 5.40 34 74.46 5.68 Oct ... . 2 0.27 3 0.73 11 4.26 0.13 17 11.55 0.49 24 139.03 7.73 57 155.85 8.36 Nov... . 12 4.49 0.22 13 8.90 0.16 18 87.06 7.57 43 100.45 7.95 Dec ... . l 0.05 l 0.16 0.01 2 0.54 7 2.92 0.18 7 4.79 0.10 34 163.54 10.57 52 172.00 10.85
1975: Jan ... . 2 0.52 2 0.72 6 4.12 0.37 25 105.93 0.47 35 111.30 0.84 Feb .. .. l 0.12 1 0.29 0.06 7 3.01 0.19 2 1.59 0.08 16 84.15 1.09 27 89.17 1.41 Mar.... 2 0.52 0.08 7 2.71 0.03 8 5.38 0.39 17 65.80 4.05 34 74.41 4.55
Note: Figures only cover the Colony excluding the New Territories and refer to completed buildings with occupation permits issued and subsequent declared forms furnished by respective developers to the Rating and Valuation Department.
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10.7 COMPLETED BUILDING WORK REPORTED TO THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT DURING MARCH 1975
Factories and Others godowns Offices and shops Houses and flats (including mixed Total -----~-~ accommodation) ~Build~ Site Build- Site Build- Site Build- Site Build- Site No. ing work No. ing work No. ing work No. ing work No. ing work
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 HONG KONG Buildings under $200,000 ...... •..... $200,000-$299,999 ...... $300,000-$499,999 ...... 4 1,410 25 2 843 6 2,253 25 $500,000-$999 ,999 ...... 2 1,224 2,375 311 5 3,599 311 $1,000,000 and above ...... 2 8,906 541 9 40,378 3,467 11 49,284 4,008
Total ...... 8 11,540 566 14 43,596 3,778 22 55,136 4,344
KOWLOON Buildings under $200,000 ...... $200,000-$299,999 ...... 276 80 242 2 518 80 $300,000-$499 ,999 ...... $500,000-$999,999 ...... 2 1,173 81 2 1,173 81 $1,000,000 and above ...... 3,430 42 2 7,430 10,860 42 I Total ··························· 3,430 42 8,879 161 242 7 12,551 203
NEW KOWLOON Buildings under $200,000 ...... $200,000-$299,999 ...... $300,000-$499,999 ...... 460 460 $500,000-$999,999 ...... 610 610 $1,000,000 and above ...... 3,313 2 2,340 5,653
Total ··························· 3,313 4 3,410 5 6,723
Note: Figures only cover the Colony excluding the New Territories and refer to completed buildings with occupation permits issued and subsequent declared forms furnished by respective developers to the Rating and Valuation Department.
42 SECTION 11 TRAVELLING AND TOURISM
11.1 ARRIVALS OF PASSENGERS BY AIR, SEA AND LAND
Air Sea Land Year/month British British British Grand and and and total Common Chinese Alieris Total Common Chinese Aliens Total Common Chinese Aliens Total wealth wealth wealth
1971 ...... 390,056 136,527 565,554 1,092,137 72,422 1,310,950 228,291 1,611,663 8,376 426,77210,001 445,149 3,148;949 1972 ...... 329,191 171,205 846,668 1,347,064 85,334 1,527,568 299,001 1,911,90312,926 698,61618,429 729,971 3,988,938 1973 ...... 416,549 240,861 1,013,011 1,670,421100,914 1,763,893 380,580 2,245,38714,343 897,957 24,842 937,142 4,852,950 1974 ...... 452,928 285,103 979,247 1,717,278 94,511 1,771,618 351,651 2,217,78012,862 885,168 28,552 926,582 4,861,640
1974: Mar. ... 33,091 23,005 87,520 143,616 6,496 133,530 35,554 175,580 648 59,432 1,822 61,902 381,098 Apr. ... 43,799 27,324 81,020 152,143 10,772 163,200 24,783 198,755 1,308 79,799 3,483 84,590 435,488 May ... 32,920 21,720 80,324 134,964 7,338 130,568 28,464 166,370 1,795 50,339 4,368 56,502 357,836 June ... 35,712 22,127 66,674 124,513 7,011 135,083 19,51'7 161,611 849 42,722 2,082 45,653 331,777 July ... 38,163 25,036 69,263 132,462 8,620 173,612 22,794 205,026 1,457 81,400 1,647 84,504 421,992 Aug. ... 47,174 32,271 86,841 166,286 11,003 217,963 32,393 261,359 1,145 110,524 2,612 114,281 541,926 Sept. ... 37,594 19,489 71,454 128,537 7,228 143,098 24,632 174,958 1,073 43,927 2,156 47,156 350,651 Oct. . . . 40,009 22,450 93,491 155,950 6,856 118,453 25,117 150,426 1,685 50,347 3,115 55,147 361,523 Nov. . .. 35,943 20,003 90,195 146,141 6,216 115,452 33,784 155,452 1,324 54,363 3,937 59,624 361,217 Dee. ... 42,718 24,679 73,001 140,398 7,384 157,242 24,314 188,940 658 ~· 63,844 930 65,432 394,770
1975: Jan. ... 37,520 20,786 74,630 132,936 7,356 119,242 28,831 155,429 556 48,546 624 49,726 338,091 Feb. ... 36,614 24,345 75,133 136,092 6,682 179,168 31,506 217,356 340 165,844 589 166,773 520,221 Mar. ... 38,257 22,660 80,526 141,443 7,918 164,445 29,089 201,452 455 79,116 1,117 80,688 423,583
11.2 DEPARTURES OF PASSENGERS BY AIR, SEA AND LAND
Air Sea Land Year/month British British British Grand and and and total Common Chinese Aliens Total Common Chinese Aliens Total Common Chinese Aliens Total wealth wealth wealth
1971 ...... 395,114 144,177 555,900 1,095,191 73,989 1,306,443 228,442 1,608,874 6,687 430,983 9,199 446,869 3,150,934 1972 ...... 343,671 187,299 849,948 1,380,918 88,620 1,534,039 301,132 1,923,79110,116 692,739 16,416 719,271 4,023,980 1973 ...... 431,480 262,859 1,015,207 1,709,546105,232 1,733,103 374,987 2,213,32211,330 861,295 22,000 894,625 4,817,493 1974 ············ 475,503 304,018 . 990,439 1,769,960 93,369 1,751,637 346,293 2,191,29910,686 821,59723,053 855,336 4,816,595
1974: Mar. ... 33,415 23,217 90,626 147,258 6,859 132,950 38,267 178,076 717 50,895 1,372 52,984 378,318 Apr. ... 45,216 28,238 77,769 151,223 10,531 160,488 24,950 195,969 1,746 74,514 4,229 80,489 427,681 May . . . 36,176 24,359 84,443 144,978 7,708 127,189 27,215 162,112 1,210 41,054 2,591 44,855 351,945 June ... 37,619 23,946 70,083 131,648 7,702 142,460 20,856 171,018 823 39,259 1,272 41,354 344,020 July . .. 43,291 29,434 69,511 142,236 9,201 174,659 21,337 205,197 1,360 79,926 1,407 82,693 430,126 Aug. ... 49,729 31,810 89,458 170,997 10,647 217,840 32,448 260,935 682 85,296 1,949 87,927 519,8~9 Sept. ... 41,195 21,859 70,779 133,833 6,211 136,206 23,578 165,995 822 38,395 1,619 40,836 340,664 Oct. . .. 39;986 24,630 88,987 153,603 5,532 107,077 25,428 138,037 1,488 40,015 3,731 45,234 336,874 Nov. .. . 38,440 21,289 94,456 154,185 6,875 130,348 33,075 170,298 675 45,404 2,271 48,350 372,833 Dec. . . . 43,321 28,630 70,582 142,533 6,669 142,090 22,989 171,748 489 66,871 376 67,736 382,017
1975: Jan. . . . 39,175 20,330 80,411 139,916 7,047 110,660 28,020 145,727 332 39,123 391 39,846 325,489 Feb. ... 38,185 26,662 74,560 139,407 6,436 182,482 30,495 219,413 241 165,169 431 165,841 524,661 Mar. ... 43,898 29,368 81,191 154,457 8,868 164,472 29,194 202,534 607 83,646 665 84,918 441,909
43 TOURISM
11.3 INCOMING TOURISTS TO HONG KONG
Year/month Japan U.S.A. Australia U.K. Taiwan Malaysia Thai!&nd Singapore Germany
1971 243,211 217,887 55,189 51,053 23,796 25,028 29,909 19,740 19,710 1972 349,212 212,690 62,966 67,943 29,995 30,417 33,688 26,541 25,966 1973 476,091 230,425 74,192 69,446 44,535 43,497 41,030 34,844 29,635 1974 414,011 238,255 93,398 65,477 50,834 46,264 48,447 34,620 30,174
1974: Mar...... 43,977 17,810 6,429 6,357 5,271 2,955 4,065 2,820 3,599 Apr...... 28,353 20,980 9,448 5,530 4,572 6,p32 5,765 3,796 3,432 May ...... 32,029 21,193 8,194 4,504 4,649 3,645 4,649 3,331 2,272 June ...... 23,845 19,198 7,445 4,523 4,748 3,592 3,635 3,882 1,418 July ...... 21,327 22,675 7,161 5,430 4,995 4,027 3,621 2,455 1,394 Aug...... 36,179 21,381 8,459 4,972 4,948 4,361 3,845 2,595 1,698 Sept...... 26,742 17,522 8,106 5,419 3,280 4,007 3,464 2,537 2,013 Oct...... 32,477 30,069 9,567 6,678 2,805 4,157 3,766 3,362 3,084 Nov...... 37,537 24,541 7,308 5,965 3,232 4,255 4,186 3,378 3,870 Dec...... 26,093 15,082 7,968 6,120 4,743 4,064 5,858 3,420 2,714
1975: Jan...... 36,898 11,328 10,141 5,119 4,185 1,979 3,039 1,280 2,480 Feb...... 39,089 11,716 6,835 5,714 3,191 2,899 4,354 1,680 2,695 Mar...... 34,200 15,617 7,044 6,245 4,367 3,158 4,682 2,639 3,745
Korea, Philippines Italy Others Total Year/month Indonesia France Canada India South
1971 17,332 10,382 13,964 15,991 40,937 8,204 15,803 99,159 907,295 1972 16,769 16,726 16,919 16,040 35,732 10,534 14,340 115,775 1,082,253 1973 24,804 21,747 17,824 15,666 15,160 14,304 14,146 124,604 1,291,950 1974 32,298 19,547 20,067 16,760 21,239 13,214 16,809 134,048 1,295,462
1974: Mar...... 1,943 2,020 2,278 1,295 1,671 996 1,544 10,635 115,665 Apr...... 3,034 1,696 1,786 1,506 1,948 1,628 1,382 14,506 115,694 May ...... 3,298 1,663 1,623 1,709 2,132 785 1,498 13,044 110,218 June ...... 2,866 955 1,467 1,680 2,052 456 1,347 10,286 93,395 July ...... 2,723 1,257 1,603 1,622 1,694 529 1,326 11,082 94,921 Aug ...... 3,298 1,805 1,414 1,341 1,726 1,540 1,368 11,756 112,686 Sept...... 2,582 1,387 1,333 1,258 1,645 1,184 1,227 10,895 94,601 Oct ...... 3,677 1,444 2,049 1,268 1,684 1,699 1,428 14,247 123,461 Nov...... 2,470 1,978 2,407 1,175 1,672 1,368 1,545 11,937 118,824 Dec...... 3,291 1,392 1,417 1,526 1,933 1,066 1,616 9,235 97,538
1975:Jan...... 1,880 1,482 1,400 1,171 1,385 1,038 1,193 9,152 95,150 Feb...... 1,507 1,556 1,525 1,075 1,341 946 1,252 8,118 95,493 Mar...... 2,333 1,851 1,836 1,392 1,742 1,196 1,335 11,211 104,593
44 SECTION 12 SOCIAL STATISTICS
12.1 CRIME STATISTICS
Against lawful authority Year/quarter Against public order Unlawful society Other offences Total Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted
1971* 150 510 1,034 874 202 113 1,386 1,497 1972* 1}9 579 1,014 836 231 135 1,424 1,550 1973* 647 845 1,319 1,146 479 306 2,445 2,297 1974• 1,073 1,384 3,070 2,612 504 238 4,647 4,234 1974 1,075 1,401 3,064 2,609 503 236 4,642 4,246
1974: lst qtr. 251 282 607 529 98 33 956 844 2nd qtr. 224 291 546 462 102 59 872 812 3rd qtr. 280 405 968 832 106 72 1,354 1,309 4th qtr. 320 423 943 786 197 72 1,460 1,281 1975: lst qtr. 316 408 694 539 109 59 1,119 1,006
Against public morality Year/quarter Rape Indecent assault Other offences Total Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted
1971* 45 29 332 138 464 229 841 396 1972* 62 41 476 164 580 290 1,118 495 1973* 64 43 485 168 780 306 1,329 517 1974* 101 38 556 190 982 348 1,639 576 1974 100 38 564 189 840 347 1,504 574 1974: lst qtr. 32 15 112 34 189 70 333 119 2nd qtr. 26 6 164 49 196 102 386 157 3rd qtr. 18 9 170 57 203 88 391 154 4th qtr. 24 8 118 49 252 87 394 144 1975: lst qtr. 23 14 134 45 152 59 309 118
Against the person
Murder and Attempted murder Serious assaults Other offences Total Year/quarter manslaughter Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted
1971* 98 115 4 3 1,598 1,212 282 131 1,982 1,461 1972* 115 123 12 10 1,726 1,181 255 103 2,108 1,417 1973* 110 118 10 2 2,237 1,456 176 102 2,533 1,678 1974• 102 82 8 12 3,738 1,807 427 234 4,275 2,135 1974 102 65 8 13 3,883 1,783 432 234 4,425 2,095 1974: lst qtr. 20 11 3 9 666 337 59 42 748 399 2nd qtr. 26 10 2 2 960 474 109 49 1,097 535 3rd qtr. 30 28 2 2 1,171 466 132 59 1,335 555 4th qtr. 26 16 1,086 506 132 84 1,245 606 1975: lst qtr. 40 16 3 1,067 524 135 62 1,245 603
• Figures in the annual series are with amendments.
45 CRIME STATISTICS
Against property Robbery with firearms Other robberies All burglaries Theft from persons Year/quarter Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted
1971* 14 13 5,132 2,779 3,789 1,180 1,705 778 1972* 25 19 7,379 2,180 3,688 750 1,551 446 1973* 21 11 8,696 1,833 4,740 487 1,183 278 1974* 33 13 12,754 2,198 6,328 712 1,511 358 1974 33 13 12,765 2,163 6,330 705 1,513 361 1974: lst qtr...... 5 3,052 593 1,496 157 300 81 2nd qtr. '...... 7 2 3,233 525 1,646 194 410 94 3rd qtr...... 7 6 3,059 476 1,641 181 353 80 4th qtr...... 14 5 3,421 569 1,547 173 450 106 1975: lst qtr. 18 9 3,286 492 1,669 151 488 115
Against property-continued Other crimes Other thefts Other offences Total Forgery and coinage Bribery and corruption Year/quarter Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted
1971* 10,363 4,0~0 5,401 3,201 26,404 11,981 233 60 80 35 1972* 9,208 3,073 5,201 3,129 27,052 9,597 514 49 81 47 1973* 12,104 3,299 4,315 2,246 31,059 8,154 599 62 45 33 1974• 15,741 5,011 6,624 3,073 42,991 11,365 384 68 29 23 1974 15,760 5,036 6,641 3,108 43,042 11,386 382 62 30 24 1974: lst qtr...... 3,834 1,085 1,268 605 9,955 2,521 86 8 4 4 2nd qtr...... 3,919 1,198 1,384 689 10,599 2,702 87 16 8 6 3rd qtr...... 4,036 1,414 1,853 998 10,949 3,155 66 19 12 10 4th qtr...... 3,971 1,339 2,136 816 11,539 3,008 143 19 6 4 1975: lst qtr. 3,230 1,066 1,712 693 10,403 2,526 171 25 11 11
Serious narcotic Other crimes-continued offences Grand total
Possession of arms Others Total Year/quarter and ammunition Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons Cases Persons reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted reported prosecuted
1971* 41 31 273 172 627 298 1,221 1,306 32,461 16,939 1972* 84 53 241 181 920 330 1,377 1,593 33,999 14,982 1973* 45 21 250 149 939 265 1,473 1,569 39,778 14,480 1974* 82 50 403 336 898 477 1,461 1,785 55,911 20,572 1974 82 48 396 327 890 461 1,492 1,774 55,995 20,536 1974: lst qtr...... 19 14 124 84 233 110 367 413 12,592 4,406 2nd qtr...... 18 11 105 87 218 120 398 457 13,570 4,783 3rd qtr...... 27 17 82 79 187 125 370 441 14,586 5,739 4th qtr...... 18 6 85 77 252 106 357 463 15,247 5,608 1975: lst qtr...... 28 16 121 139 331 191 343 340 13,750 4,784
• Figures in the annual series are with amendments.
46 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
12.2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED: CASES AND DEATHS
Bacillary Cerebrospinal Amoebiasis Chickenpox Diphtheria Enteric fever Leprosy Malaria Year/quarter dysentery meningitis Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
1971 ...... 66 4 S43 s 443 2S 2 SIS 6 117 9 1972 ...... 3S 462 10 s SlO 2 s 466 4 101(19)- 10(8) 1973 ...... 37 s 407 II 272 339 6 100 16(16)- 1974 ...... 38 6 316 II 6 887 4 2 380 7 119 4 21(18)-
1974: lst qtr...... 8 2 66 2 388 4S 3S 3(3) - 2nd qtr. 13 71 6 s 397 2 105 29 9(9) - 3rd qtr. 7S 27 137 26 4(3) - 4th qtr. 14 104 75 93 29 4 5(3) -
1975: lst qtr ...... 12 2 91 4 272 173 14 1(1)-
Ophthalmia Puerperal Typhus Whooping Measles Poliomyelitis fever Scarlet fever Tuberculosis Year/quarter neonatorum (miteborne) cough Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
1971 ...... S91 4 56 2 s 9,028 1,2SO 2 2 1972 ...... 783 9 SI 4 4 8,420 1,312 9 1973 ...... 1,034 21 33 7 8,IS2 1,154 1974 ...... 1,575 53 12 80 8,320* 974
1974: lst qtr...... 1,100 34 3 13 2,328 342 2nd qtr. 444 18 8 1,999 248 3rd qtr. 24 4 1,984 188 4th qtr. 7 2 S8 2,028 196
1975: lst qtr...... 18 5 33 2,312 16S
Note: Cholera, plague, rabies, relapsing fever, smallpox, typhus (epidemic louse-borne) and yellow fever-no case of any of which was reported. The figures are for "notifiable'' diseases only. Figures in brackets refer to imported cases. • Adjusted figure.
47 SECTION 13 MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS: RELEASES FROM BOND BY TYPE
Thousand imperial gallons
Light oils Heavy oils Others Total Liquefied petro Light Year/ Light Petroleum leum Light diesel, Medium/ Furnace month Other diesel diesel, industrial Kero- Lubri- products gas light for other and sene ~I::d fuel eating not (thou. oils buses road marine fuel oil oils otherwise users uses classified lbs.)
1971 34,189 831 119,349 11,766 7,398 37,391 110,807 48,408 25,711 584,283 10,951 2,128 993,212 97,872 1972 38,263 536 127,995 12,663 8,126 42,477 124,360 44,582 34,418 718,356 12,307 334 1,164,416 133,943 1973 41,541 371 142,185 12,081 8,531 47,292 131,728 40,831 46,693 762,172 14,041 4,472 1,251,940 163,304 1974 37,488 127 143,774 13,397 10,135 49,376 122,299 43,034 40,591 646,767 13,747 3,037 1,123,773 160,649
1974: Feb. 2,818 6 9,907 739 734 3,957 10,001 4,242 2,189 47,564 990 511 83,656 14,696 Mar. 3,050 10 11,617 772 828 4,100 10,528 3,583 2,943 57,104 1,173 572 96,281 14,074 Apr. 3,060 11,497 743 804 3,874 10,654 3,374 3,358 59,179 1,142 663 98,357 12,902 May 3,257 18 12,285 838 844 4,135 11,136 3,284 3,802 60,792 1,255 646 102,292 12,304 June 3,030 9 12,143 1,316 825 3,836 9,330 3,108 3,872 56,336 990 94,793 11,721 July 3,228 13 13,009 1,453 871 4,199 10,905 3,297 3,945 64,403 1,146 106,470 12,240 Aug. 3,215 9 13,284 1,293 866 4,213 11,298 3,147 4,431 60,048 1,036 102,841 11,774 Sept. 3,141 21 12,324 1,243 849 4,369 9,643 3,188 3,954 49,617 1,364 89,710 11,857 Oct. 3,126 8 11,538 1,237 865 4,035 8,698 3,242 2,766 50,364 1,205 87,083 12,504 Nov. 3,248 12 12,228 1,474 871 4,324 9,875 3,828 3,439 47,318 1,317 87,933 14,707 Dec. 3,095 6 12,389 1,472 928 4,166 10,640 4,698 3,474 46,892 1,060 88,821 15,894
1975: Jan. 3,147 10 12,554 1,674 928 4,187 9,869 4,044 3,094 45,213 1,079 85,797 16,427 Feb. 2,851 15 10,680 1,304 855 3,742 8,881 3,784 3,155 36,799 822 72,887 14,446
13.2 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS: RELEASES FROM BOND, DUTY FREE AND DUTY PAID
Thousand imperial gallons
Duty free Duty paid Total° Inland, including Govt. and H.M. Export Ship stores and Forces aircraft stores Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 1974 1975 1974 1975 1974 1975 1974 1975 1974 1975
Light oils: Motor ...... 303 295 117 87 2,397 2,469 2,818 2,851 Aviation spirit ...... 5 4 8 2 6 15 Aviation turbine fuel ...... 318 297 9,589 10,383 9,907 10,680 Other light oils ...... 735 1,304 4 739 1,304
Heavy oils: Light diesel for buses 734 855 734 855 Light diesel-Other road users ...... 225 25 3,732 3,717 3,957 3,742 Light diesel-Industrial/marine use ...... 8,222 6,729 194 86 1,584 2,065 10,001 8,881 Kerosene ...... 4,156 3,701 84 82 2 4,242 3,784 Medium/heavy diesel fuel ...... 29 41 662 770 1,498 2,344 2,189 3,155 Furnace fuel oil 32,103 28,280 64 117 15,397 8,402 47,564 36,799
Others: Lubricating oils ...... 454 409 329 239 207 175 990 822 Petroleum products not otherwise classified 511 511 Total ...... 47,057 41,086 1,455 1,381 28,281 23,377 6,864 7,043 83,656 72,887
Liquefied petroleum gas (thousand lbs.) 14,236 14,149 457 294 14,696 14,446
• Less than 500 imperial gallons.
48 FIRE SERVICES
13.3 FIRE SERVICES STATISTICS
(A) FIRE, SPECIAL SERVICE, AMBULANCE CALLS AND FATALITIES
Fire and special service calls Ambulance calls Fatalities Hong New Special Year/quarter Total Ind~!:• ca~son- False Emer Indus-FireNon- Spedal Kong Kowloon Terri calls service Removal Island tories trial industrial alarms calls gency t:·~al industrial service
1971 3,197 4,859 2,134 10,190 410 6,320 833 2,627 53,141 32,064 15 87 149 1972 3,294 4,957 1,713 9,964 483 5,106 1,459 2,916 56,358 37,863 18 61 356 1973 3,639 5,811 2,521 11,971 413 6,467 1,691 3,400 57,704 44,502 7 29 228 1974 3,427 5,036 2,109 10,572 385 5,108 1,652 3,427 60,947 48,156 3 22 250
1974: lst quarter 989 1,383 792 3,164 99 1,866 416 783 14,845 11,714 2 7 48 2nd quarter 787 1,153 405 2,345 94 928 405 918 15,102 11,605 3 63 3rd quarter 827 1,125 399 2,351 87 943 383 938 15,973 12,407 . 1 3 82
4th quarter 824 1,375 513 2,712 105 1,371 448 788 15,027 12,430 9 57
1975: lst quarter 758 1,286 404 2,448 82 1,202 438 726 15,848 11,811 3 13 57
(B) FIRE PREVENTION STATISTICS
Fire inspections Fire prevention Dan gerous Fire Places Res Fire Prosecutions instal of tau Plans Licences hazard undertaken Year/ Com goods, Fac lations, public rants Ventila Means Miscel finalised issued/ abate timber tories enter Schools tion of Total plaints neon and systems escape laneous for new renew- rnent Cases . Fines quarter yards signs, tain night projects ed notices, imposed and etc. ment storage clubs issued
HK$
1971 149,928 9,010 19,752 3,722 3,439 7,806 4,401 17,360 25,451 1,299 242,168 5,648 3,408 5,302 1,442 379,370 1972 101,495 7,189 32,018 3,648 1,686 10,766 6,947 10,965 8,598 7,581 190,893 5,503 3,160 4,387 1,249 419,005 1973 109,134 8,257 46,381 4,314 1,346 3,851 4,655 7,850 10,291 645 196,724 6,259 3,150 4,961 1,346 562,250 1974 83,590 8,464 50,172 6,263 1,007 2,969 6,915 11,177 9,714 848 181,119 5,756 3,032 6,267 1,103 444,765
1974: lst quarter 19,829 1,971 8,692 1,053 307 696 1,363 2,517 1,639 335 38,402 1,354 1,076 935 367 172,230 2nd quarter 26,289 2,010 14,925 1,407 212 627 1,552 2,986 1,962 108 52,078 1,608 250 1, 183 335 125,680 3rd quarter 18,400 2,283 14,158 1,809 227 713 2,818 2,979 3,691 204 47,282 1,593 968 1,636 236 80,645 4th quarter 19,072 2,200 12,397 1,994 261 933 1,182 2,695 2,422 201 43,357 1,201 738 2,513 165 66,210
1975: lst quarter 19,619 1,966 9,048 1,116 224 834 1,388 2,609 2,868 372 40,044 1,210 993 1,917 158 61,050
49 WATER SUPPLIES
13.4 WATER SUPPLIES
Million gallons
Storage at Daily mean Year/month beginning of period Consumption consumption
1971 47,002 66,100 181 1972 35,205 71,563 196 1973 40,613 78,780 216 1974 51,942 76,841 211
1974: Mar. 44,057 6,002 194 Apr. 39,932 6,086 203 May 38,131 6,866 221 June 35,036 6,772 226 July 40,172 7,323 236 Aug. 41,474 7,445 240 Sept. 38,834 6,647 222 Oct. 34,438 5,953 192 Nov. 52,901 5,999 200 Dec. 53,633 5,962 192
1975: Jan. 54,507 5,904 190 Feb. 51,527 5,302 189 Mar. 48,935 5,863 189 Apr. 46,347
Note: The maximum capacity of the existing total 17 storage reservoirs is 67,339 million gallons. Water restriction on a 16 hour supply daily basis (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.) was imposed from 25.9.74 to 8.10.74 and on 10 hour basis (6-11 a.m. & 4-9 p.m.) from 9.10.74 to 17.10.74. Consumption for March 1975 included 8 million gallons of desalted water.
50 EXPLANATORY NOTES
Part I (for all issues) Section 5 EXTERNAL TRADE External trade statistics comprise movements of cargo between Hong Section 1 CLIMATE Kong and other trading partners, by land, air and water and to a limited extent by post, with the exception of the following classes of goods:- Statistics of meteorological observations are taken from the records of 1. Transhipment/transit cargo; the Royal Observatory. They refer to observations made at the Royal Observatory, except in the case of evaporation, sunshine and the instantaneous 2. Articles imported or exported by the armed forces of the Crown; intensity of rainfall, which are derived from its King's Park Station. 3. Ships' stores, including bunker fuel; aircraft stores, including avia- tion fuel; - The normals for various meteorological items refer to the averages during 4. Personal baggage and possessions of travellers; the periods 1884-1939 and 1947-1960. 5. Advertising materials supplied free of charge and samples of no Section 2 VITAL STATISTICS commercial value or valued at less than five hundred dollars; 6. Marine fish arriving direct from fishing grounds on fishing craft Statistics relating to births, deaths and marriages refer to such events as registered or licensed in Hong Kong; were registered with the Registrar General during the period covered, and do not necessarily equate exactly to the number of events which occurred during 7. Gifts of a personal nature where no payment has been made by the that period. The marriage figures include marriages performed at the official receiver; registries and at licensed places of public worship; they include also marriages 8. Articles temporarily imported and exported solely for exhibition other than first marriages. and subsequent return; Statistics of deaths by cause are supplied by the Medical and Health 9. Articles imported or exported under and in accordance with an Department. A.T.A. carnet; 10. Circulatory used freight containers and the like. Section 3 EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, ACCIDENTS AND LABOUR The trade accounts relate to movements of merchandise only, and do not STOPPAGES IN INDUSTRY include those of bullion and specie. As from December 1973 onwards, statistics on employment refer to Imports are c.i.f. values, exports and re-exports are f.o.b. values. those engaged in work in all manufacturing establishments known to the Census and Statistics Department. Before this period, the statistical coverage was limited to those manufacturing establishments which had been registered Section 6 FOOD SUPPLIES with or recorded by the Labour Department; these included manufacturing Statistics of rice supplies are provided by the Commerce and Industry establishments which employed 20 or more manual workers or were equipped Department. The intakes, off-takes and stock figures refer to the position at with power driven machinery. the godowns. By "employment" is meant the number of persons engaged including Statistics of live animals slaughtered and supplies of fresh vegetables and working Proprietors, working partners and all persons in the direct employ fresh fish are provided by the Agriculture and Fisheries Department. They of the establishments concerned. Outworkers are excluded. refer to quantities available for sale over the period under consideration. The classification of establishments is based on the United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (1968) published in U.N. Section 7 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS Statistical Papers Series M, No. 4, Rev. 2. The statistics are drawn from the reports of Immigration, Civil Aviation, Indexes of average daily wages are compiled half-yearly by the Census Marine, Transport and Commerce and Industry Departments, the Royal and Statistics Department from April 1973 to show the movements of wages Hong Kong Police Force, the Advisory Committee on Telephone Services in selected industries, both inclusive and exclusive of fringe benefits. These and the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Figures for airborne passengers are indexes are weighted by the number of workers employed in the month supplied by the Immigration Department. indicated and measure the percentage changes in average daily wages since "Entered" refer to vessels arriving at Hong Kong. March 1964. The index of nominal wages measures the changes in the amount of money earned as wages, while the index of real wages measures the changes "Cleared" refer to vessels leaving Hong Kong. in the purchasing power of money earned as wages; the real wage index num The traffic accident figures exclude accidents involving damages only. bers are calculated by applying the nominal index numbers the average monthly modified consumer price index for the previous six months. "Full" containers include those which are partly full only. Reported accidents refer to all accidents reported to the Labour Depart ment which have resulted in the death of a workman or the total or partial Section 8 PRICES AND PRICE INDEXES incapacity of a workman for more than three days. It should however be The average retail prices of the principal foodstuffs are obtained by price noted that in the statistics presented in Table 3.5, a discontinuity occurred in investigators from market stalls and shops throughout Hong Kong during the period 1971 to 1972. Figures for these years related only to accidents the periods specified. which occurred in industrial undertakings or which arose out of industrial work. The average wholesale prices of rice are supplied by the Commerce and Industry Department, while those of live pigs, live cattle, fresh marine fish Statistics on industrial work stoppages are supplied by the Labour and fresh vegetables are supplied by the Agriculture and Fisheries Department. Department. They refer to number of work stoppages and the corresponding number of working days (or man-days) classified by International Standard The New Consumer Price Index (A) and New Consumer Price Index Industrial Classification major divisions. These figures cover stoppages of (B), compiled monthly by the Census & Statistics Department, are based on work arising from disputes connected with terms and conditions of employ the sample survey carried out during the period July 1973 to June 1974. ment. Stoppages involving fewer than ten workers or lasting less than one For the New Index (A) the weights are derived from the pattern of the house day are excluded. unless the aggregate of working days lost exceeds 100. holds with monthly expenditure between HK$400 and HK$1,499, and for The number of workers involved is the number who actually cease work at the New Index (B) between HK$ l ,500 and HK$2,999 at the time of the survey the establishments where the disputes occur. in 1973-74. The Hang Seng Consumer Price Index, compiled by Hang Seng Bank Section 4 PRODUCTION Ltd., supplements the New Consumer Price Indexes (A) and (B). The The output of mines is supplied by the Commissioner of Mines and that weights of the Hang Seng Consumer Price Index are derived from the pattern of electricity and gas by the public utilities. Statistics of cement production of households with monthly expenditure between HK$3,000 and $9,999 are supplied by the cement manufacturing companies. during the period July 1973 to June 1974. The General and Modified Consumer Price Indexes, compiled monthly Statistics of textile production are compiled from quarterly returris sub by the Census and Statistics Department, are based on the sample survey mitted by factories registered with the Commerce and Industry Department. carried out during the period September 1963 to August 1964. Details of the "Number of reporting factories" means the number of factories which commodities and services included, together with the derivation of their report production of the category of products during the quarter. A factory weights and the method of calculation are available in the Report "The producing products falling under two or more categories is counted as a Household Expenditure Survey 1963-64 and the Consumer Price Index" reporting factory under each of the relevant categories. published by the Hong Kong Government Printer.
I For the General Index the weights are derived from the pattern of the They refer to private buildings for which occupation certificates have been households whose monthly expenditure ranges from HK$100 to HK$1,999 issued and therefore imply a time-lag between the time of completion of and for the Modified Index ranges from HK$100 to HK$599 at the time of the building and that of submission of the relevant statistics to the Department the survey in 1963-64. by individual developers.
The averages in table 8.8 are arithmetic means of the two indexes for Building statistics throughout tables 10.3 to 10.7 deal exclusively with each of the twelve previous month~. the building activities of private developers as distinct from such public works as the construction of public buildings, reservoirs, roads and drainage and similar works under town planning, development or resettlement plans. Section 9 MONEY, BANKING AND FINANCE Section 11 TRA YELLING AND TOURISM Currency in circulation and banking statistics are supplied by the Com missioner of Banking. Banks' agreed best lending rates, which represent the Statistics on arrivals and departures of passengers by air, sea and land TJ!..te_s agreed to by the three note-issuing·banks, as we11 as interest rates :Paid are compiled from the reports of the Immigration Department and refer ex· 't';;' depoSitors are supplied by the Hang Seng Bank Ltd.; number and value elusively to international movements of passengers. Particulars on incoming of bank cheques cleared, by the Hong Kong Bankers' Clearing House. tourists are supplied by the Hong Kong Tourist Association. For incoming tourists, the countries of origin of tourists are used in the classification. The inter-bank lending rates are obtained by the Census and Statistics Department from "Wah Kiu Yat Po" and "Sing Tao Jih Pao". Section 12 SOCIAL STATISTICS The tables on exchange rates in Hong Kong dollars are compiled by the Census and Statistics Department and are based on the daily closing selling Statistics of reported crime are supplied by the Royal Hong Kong Police rates of respective currencies supplied by the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. The Force; ofinfectious diseases as notified to the Medical and Health Department. currencies are selected for those countries which are major trading partners If a person is prosecuted on two or more occasions he is recorded once of Hong Kong. on each occasion; and when a person is prosecuted on the same occasion for two or more offences, one offence is selected for tabulation. Government revenue and expenditure statistics are supplied by the Treasury; the analyses by source and function are made by the Census and Statistics Department. Information on companies registered and dissolved Section 13 MISCELLANEOUS and instruments registered is supplied by the Registrar General: and on stock exchange turnover by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Ltd., the Far East Petroleum statistics are prepared from the monthly returns submitted by Exchange Ltd., the Kam Ngan Stock Exchange Ltd. and the Kowloon Stock the seven leading petroleum companies. Exchange Ltd. The indexes of share prices are compiled by the Hang Seng The fire services statistics are supplied by the Fire Services Department Bank Ltd., the Far East Exchange Ltd. and the Kam Ngan Stock Exchange and refer to operational and preventive work. Ltd. The Hang Seng Index refers to transactions in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Ltd.; the Far East Index and the Kam Ngan Index refer to transac Statistics on water supplies are supplied by the Waterworks Office, Public tions in the Far East Exchange Ltd. and the Kam Ngan Stock Exchange Ltd. Works Department an Section 10 BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING Part II (for July issue only) Private living quarter statistics are compiled -by the Census and Statistics Department by subtracting the number of living quarters in buildings demo· Section 14 POPULATION lished and adding the number in new buildings erected according to monthly returns supplied by the Buildings Ordinance Office of the Public Works The de facto method was applied in the population censuses; that is to Department, taking the 1971 Population and Housing Census figures as the say, all persons who were actually found within the territory at the census base. Quarters enumerated are those in urban areas excluding the rest of moment, regardless of whether they were local nationals, permanent foreign the New Territories other than Tsuen Wan. A living quarter is defined as residents or transients, were included. "a dwelling unit used exclusively by one household or shared by a number of households for eatinri, living and sleeping. internally connected so that the The mid-year population figures are estimated by adjusting the 1971 occupants could move between rooms/cubicles without going outside onto a Population Census figures for total births, deaths and balance of migration, public corridor, landing or staircase, and having direct external access to the whether legal or illegal, over the periods. street, a corridor. a landing or staircase without going through another The mid-year population estimates are de facto. They include local household's accommodation''. nation11ls, permanent foreign residents as well as transients at a point of time, i.e. 30th June each year. Statistics of public housing are supplied by the Housing Department. Population figures refer to total authorized residents. The birth rates, death rates, rates of natural increase and infant mortality rates refer to calendar years while the population growth rates refer to annual Statistics of building projects with consent to commence work (in table periods from lst July to 30th June. 10.3) and completed buildings certified for occupation (in table 10.4) are compiled from details contained in the monthly returns of the Buildings Ordinance Office of Public Works Department. Part III (for February issue) The "consents" to commence work apply to superstructure and general building work above foundation level. Section 15 POPULATION The mid-year and end-year population figures are estimated by adjusting Statistics respecting usable floor area of completed buildings (in tables the 1971 Population Census figures for total births, deaths and balance of 10.4 and 10.5) are also supplied by the Buildings Ordinance Office, and refer migration, whether legal or illegal, over the period. also to buildings which have been certified for occupation. The mid-year or end-year estimates are de facto. They include local "Usable floor area'' is defined as "the aggregate of the areas of the floor(s) nationals, permanent foreign residents as well as transients at a point of time, in a storey or a building excluding any staircases, public circulation space, i.e. 30th June or 31st December each year. lift landings, lavatories, water closets, kitchens and any space occupied by The birth rates, death rates, rates of natural increase and infant mortality machinery for any lift, air-conditioning systems or similar service provided rates refer to calendar years while the population growth rates refer to annual for the building". periods from lst iuly to 30th June. 41 Combined" refers to combined domestic/non-domestic buildings such as apartment/commercial buildings or tenement/commercial buildings. "Cost/ Section 16 SOCIAL STATISTICS (EDUCATION) sq. ft. usable floor area'' is calculated from the relevant permits. 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