Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of licensed vehicles was 184,642 at the end of June 2009, a year-on-year increase of 3%, of which 54% (99,413) were motorcycles and 39% (71,877) were light private cars. New registration of vehicles decreased by 27% year-on-year to 7,633 in the first half year, with motorcycles and light private cars accounting for 70% and 25% respectively. In the first half year of 2009, the total number of traffic accidents dropped by 4% year-on-year to 6,065 cases, resulting in 2,093 victims and 5 of them were killed. Traffic flow by land between Macao and Mainland China decreased by 11% to 1,727,763 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 decreased by 26% year-on-year to 18,674 In the first half year of 2009. Taiwan, China; Mainland China; Thailand and Malaysia were the major routes that accounted for 39%, 24%, 10% and 9% of the total commercial flights to/from Macao. Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong dropped by 10% year-on-year to 7,393, whereas those between Macao and Mainland China rose by 25% to 1,570. Passenger transport by sea between Macao and Hong Kong dropped by 3% year-on-year to 42,062 ferry trips, and that between Macao and Mainland China was 10,475 trips, a marginal decrease of 0.3% compared with the first half year of 2008. Merchandise exports and imports of Macao were notably dragged down amid the financial tsunami. Total seaborne container throughput in the first half year of 2009 was 42,688 TEUs or 31,370 containers handled, down by 33% and 30% respectively from the same period of 2008. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo fell sharply by 48% year-on-year to 87,162 tonnes, with 7,134 tonnes of transshipment goods. Meanwhile, gross weight of containerized cargo by land dropped by 46% to 29,335 tonnes, including 7,801 tonnes of transit goods. Outward air cargo fell sharply by 53% year-on-year to 10,283 tonnes in the first half year of 2009. Taiwan, China; and Mainland China were the main destinations that accounted for 78% and 9% of the total respectively. Concurrently, inward air cargo decreased by 48% to 5,123 tonnes, with those from Taiwan, China taking a predominant share of 85%. In addition, transit air cargo dropped significantly by 78% over the first half year of 2008 to 6,295 tonnes. At the end of June 2009, the number of mobile telephone users rose by 17% from a year earlier to 1,002,214, whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 2% to 173,706. As regards internet services, number of subscribers reached 131,196 and the cumulative duration of usage totalled 158 million hours in the first half year of 2009, up by 3% and 37% respectively.
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