22-24 NEW REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES①
(Number of Vehicles)
Type	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998
Private Cars②	28926	23257	22203	43054	33487
Motor Cycles(Including Motor Tricycles)	3279	3666	3769	3893	3132
Taxis
Urban	3334	1342	1744	1908	1039
New Territories	546	292	275	358	199
Lantau	0	4	3	10	3
Public Buses③
China Motor Bus(11)
Single Deck	0	0	0	0	0
Double Deck	36	7	30	26	14
Kowloon Motor Bus
Single Deck	68	23	3	10	0
Double Deck	50	256	279	546	0
New Lantao Bus
Single Deck	10	3	1	10	7
Double Deck	0	0	0	0	0
Citybus④
Single Deck	-	22	10	25	105
Double Deck	-	109	80	172	371
Long Win Bus⑤
Single Deck	-	-	-	0	3
Double Deck	-	-	-	22	138
New World First Bus(11)
Single Deck	-	-	-	-	62
Double Deck	-	-	-	-	825
Other Public Buses
Single Deck	336	639	753	608	549
Double Deck	49	30	6	88	12
Private Buses③
Single Deck	47	52	65	53	51
Double Deck	3	17	6	24	32
Public Light Buses⑥	549	297	219	232	175
Private Light Buses⑥	198	252	110	143	132
Goods Vehicles
Light⑦	10855	4791	4543	7036	5552
Medium⑧	3434	2571	2329	2877	1724
Heavy⑨	155	228	315	427	239
Special Purpose Vehicles⑩	70	26	53	71	59
Government Vehicles(Excluding Military Vehicles)
Motor Cycles	439	218	181	297	227
Other Vehicles	1112	418	492	917	905
Total	53496	38520	37469	62807	49387
Notes: ①Motor vehicle registration, which is normally a one-off matter, means giving the vehicle a
registration mark and putting it into its appropriate class by the Transport Department, the
Government of HKSAR. Figures on new registrations refer to registrations during the year.
②Private car means a motor vehicle for use solely for the carriage of a driver and not more than 7
passengers, but does not include motor cycle or taxi.
③Bus means a motor vehicle for the carriage of more than 16 passengers.
④Starting from 1.9.1993.
⑤Started operation from 1.6.1997.
⑥Light bus means a motor vehicle having a permitted gross vehicle not exceeding 4 tonnes for use
solely for the carriage of a driver and not more than 16 passengers.
⑦Light goods vehicle means a goods vehicle having a permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5
tonnes.
⑧Medium goods vehicle means a goods vehicle having a permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5
tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
⑨Heavy goods vehicle means a goods vehicle having a permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes
but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
⑩Special purpose vehicle means a motor vehicle primarily for a use other than the carriage on a road
of goods, the driver or passengers, e.g.road sweeper.
（11）China Motor Bus Co.Ltd closed operation and New World First Bus Services Ltd started operation on
1.9. 1998.

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