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22-26 COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Item | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998
Postal Services |  |  |  |  |
Letter Mail (million articles) | 868 | 1165 | 1175 | 1273 | 1257
Parcels (thousands) | 1996 | 1869 | 1677 | 1425 | 1125
Telephone ServicesＫ (thousand working lines) |  |  |  |  |
Residential | 1626 | 1966 | 2028 | 2098 | 2159
Business | 821 | 1288 | 1374 | 1526 | 1549
Total | 2447 | 3254 | 3402 | 3624 | 3708
FAXＫ (thousand working lines) | 107 | 273 | 308 | 343 | 360
Extend Telephone Traffic VolumeＬ (thousand minutes) |  |  |  |  |
Outgoing | 694504 | 1668283 | 1737513 | 1738236 | 1718519
Incoming | 612863 | 1540767 | 1844556 | 2120480 | 1957619
Extend Telex Traffic Volume (thousand minutes) |  |  |  |  |
Outgoing | 26682 | 17706 | 15637 | 8652 | 6119
Incoming | 31300 | 14330 | 11652 | 8724 | 5758
Transit | 25765 | 11003 | 9697 | 10976 | 7713
Internal Telex Traffic(thousand minutes) | 27196 | 20643 | 18641 | 17148 | 13131
Public Telegram Traffic (thousand messages) |  |  |  |  |
Outgoing | 393 | 89 | 72 | 52 | 37
Incoming | 407 | 76 | 49 | 34 | 20
Inland Telegram (thousand messages) | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9
Public Radio Paging ReceiversＫ(numbers) | 711420 | 1323741 | 1089904 | 932854 | 571800
Public Mobile Radio Telephone Subscriber UnitsＫ (numbers) | 133912 | 687600 | 1210680 | 2085600 | 2858100
Notes: ＫFigures are as at end of the year. |  |  |  |  |
ＬIncluding facsimile and data. |  |  |  |  |