15-42 Postal and Telecommunications Services

Continued Table 1

 

Year

Number of Long Distance

Telephone

Calls

(10 000

sheets)

Number of International

Direct Dialing (IDD)

Subscribers to Foreign

Countries as well as

to Hong Kong and Macao

(year-end)

(subscribers)

Number of Local Urban

Telephone

Subscribers

(year-end)

(subscribers)

 

Residential

Public Telephone

Magnetism Card

1952

1628

 

295299

 

 

 

1957

2090

 

464539

 

 

 

1962

7123

 

699540

 

 

 

1965

8869

 

771104

 

 

 

1970

8570

 

784130

 

 

 

1975

15151

 

1032827

 

 

 

1978

18574

 

1191500

 

 

 

1980

21404

 

1341715

 

 

 

1985

38254

 

2189554

 

 

 

1986

42303

 

2505124

 

 

 

1987

51525

 

2930412

 

 

 

1988

64617

 

3623033

 

 

 

1989

78462

267143

4396195

895593

 

 

1990

116292

583769

5384494

1527202

46046

 

1991

172921

1018739

6708301

2390038

53799

 

1992

287380

2120643

9205709

4154115

84111

 

1993

506853

4721837

14073718

8003821

158380

7183

1994

757639

10547550

22467773

14894036

323988

19109

1995

1013966

17096661

32635609

23584045

692569

34965

1996

1273951

24329690

42778200

32246248

1087699

49636

1997

1554026

-

52444027

40571583

1514690

55695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a)       The business volume of post and telecommunications in 1980 and previous years was calculated at 1970 constant prices while that in 1981-1990 was calculated in 1980 constant prices. Since 1990, it has been calculated in 1990 constant prices.