22-25
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES |
Item |
1990 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Postal Services |
|
|
|
|
|
Letter Mail (million articles) |
865 |
1104 |
1161 |
1171 |
1269 |
Parcels (thousands) |
1996 |
1720 |
1869 |
1677 |
1425 |
Speedpost (thousands articles) |
3285 |
4319 |
4228 |
4267 |
4278 |
Telephone Services①(thousand working lines) |
|
|
|
|
|
Residential |
1626 |
1908 |
1966 |
2028 |
2098 |
Business |
821 |
1206 |
1288 |
1374 |
1526 |
Total |
2447 |
3114 |
3254 |
3402 |
3624 |
FAX ①(thousand working lines) |
107 |
252 |
273 |
308 |
343 |
International Telephone Traffic②(thousand minutes) |
|
|
|
|
|
Outward |
694504 |
1537725 |
1668283 |
1737513 |
1738236 |
Inward |
612863 |
1418003 |
1540767 |
1844556 |
2120480 |
International Telex Traffic(thousand minutes) |
|
|
|
|
|
Outward |
26682 |
17772 |
17706 |
15637 |
8759 |
Inward |
31300 |
16939 |
14330 |
11652 |
8600 |
Transit |
25765 |
15391 |
11003 |
9697 |
10976 |
Internal Telex Traffic(thousand minutes) |
27196 |
20641 |
20643 |
18641 |
17148 |
Public Telegram Traffic(thousand messages) |
|
|
|
|
|
Outward |
393 |
120 |
89 |
72 |
52 |
Inward |
407 |
111 |
76 |
49 |
33 |
Inland Telegram (thousand messages) |
8 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
Public Radio Paging Receiver① (numbers) |
711420 |
1356177 |
1323741 |
1089904 |
932854 |
Public Mobile Radio Telephone Subscriber①(numbers) |
133912 |
431775 |
687600 |
1210680 |
2085600 |
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Notes:
① Figures are as at end of the year. |
② Including facsimile and data. |