Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that
number of licensed vehicles in Macao totalled 179,857 at the end
of June 2008, an increase of 6% over the same period of 2007, of
which 53% (94,443) were motorcycles and 39% (71,043) were light
private cars. New registration of vehicles decreased by 4% year-on-year
to 10,404 in the first half year of 2008, with motorcycles and light
vehicles accounting for 61% and 31% respectively.
In the first half year of 2008, the number of traffic accidents
reduced by 3% over the same period of 2007 to 6,288 cases, resulting
in 2,123 victims and 3 were killed.
Traffic flow by land between Macao and Mainland China rose by 7%
to 1,945,843 vehicle trips and the Border Gate was the major passage
that took up 82% of the total.
Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport
went up by 3% to 25,114 in the first half year of 2008. Taiwan,
China; and Mainland China were the major routes that accounted for
39% and 29% of the total commercial flights to/from Macao. Helicopter
flights between Macao and Hong Kong decreased by 3% year-on-year
to 8,226 and those between Macao and Mainland China also fell by
18% year-on-year to 1,261.
Passenger transport by sea between Hong Kong and Macao increased
slightly by 1% compared with the first half year of 2007 to 43,340
ferry trips and those between Macao and Mainland China surged by
30% year-on-year to 10,507.
For containerized cargo, total seaborne container throughput in
the first half year of 2008 decreased by 2% year-on-year to 63,319
TEUs or 44,946 containers handled (+0.1%). Gross weight of seaborne
containerized cargo increased by 4% to 166,026 tonnes, of which
12,340 tonnes were transshipment goods. Meanwhile, gross weight
of containerized cargo by land jumped by 64% to 53,827 tonnes, including
11,811 tonnes of transit goods.
Total weight of outward air cargo fell sharply by 35% year-on-year
to 21,703 tonnes in the first half year of 2008. Taiwan, China;
and Mainland China were the main destinations that accounted for
68% and 14% of the total respectively. Concurrently, inward air
cargo decreased by 7% to 9,784 tonnes where cargos from Taiwan,
China took a predominant share of 85%. In addition, transit air
cargos dropped significantly by 33% over the first half year of
2007 to 28,733 tonnes.
At the end of June 2008, the number of mobile telephone and fixed
line telephone users reached 856,247 and 177,851, up by 23% and
0.3% respectively year-on-year. As regards internet services, number
of subscribers increased to 127,490 and the cumulative duration
of usage totalled 116 million hours in the first half year of 2008,
up by 14% and 45% respectively.