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Communications
Railroads: 35 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, government owned.
Highways: 1,100 km total; 794 km paved, 306 km gravel, crushed
stone, or earth.
Ports: Hong Kong.
Merchant marine: 134 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling
4,391,102 GRT/7,430,337 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 1 short-sea
passenger, 11 cargo, 10 refrigerated cargo, 13 container,
2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants
(POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 9 combination ore/oil,
7 liquefied gas, 69 bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry;
ships registered in Hong Kong fly the UK flag and an estimated
500 Hong Kong-owned ships are registered elsewhere.
Civil air: 16 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 2 total; 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
none with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: modern facilities provide excellent
domestic and international services; 2,300,000 telephones;
microwave transmission links and extensive optical fiber
transmission network; stations--6 AM, 6 FM, 4 TV; 1 British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) relay station and 1 British
Forces Broadcasting Service relay station; 2,500,000 radio
receivers; 1,312,000 TV sets (1,224,000 color TV sets);
satellite earth stations--1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 2
Indian Ocean INTELSAT; coaxial cable to Guangzhou, China;
links to 5 international submarine cables providing access
to ASEAN member nations, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Middle
East, and Western Europe.