Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of licensed motor vehicles reached 200,169 at the end of June 2011, a year-on-year increase of 4%, of which 54% (108,178) were motorcycles and 39% (78,301) were light private cars. New registration of motor vehicles went up by 11% year-on-year to 8,392 in the first half year of 2011, with motorcycles and light private cars accounting for 56% and 40% respectively. In the first half year of 2011, number of traffic accidents rose by 7% year-on-year to 6,879 cases, resulting in 2,684 victims and 4 of them were killed. Cross-border vehicle traffic by land between Macao and Mainland China increased by 9% year-on-year to 2,004,085 vehicle trips in the first half year of 2011, of which vehicle traffic through the Border Gate took up 82%. Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport totalled 17,368 in the first half year of 2011, a decrease of 12 flights year-on-year. The major routes were Taiwan, China (34% of total); Mainland China (32%) and Thailand (10%). Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong (8,000) and between Macao and Mainland China (1,896) increased by 11% and 19% respectively. Passenger transport by sea between Macao and Hong Kong totalled 61,364 ferry trips in the first half year of 2011, up by 6% year-on-year. Ferry trips between Macao and Mainland China totalled 12,020, down by 7% year-on-year. In the first half year of 2011, seaborne container throughput totalled 47,980 TEU or 35,721 containers handled, up by 13% and 18% respectively year-on-year. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo decreased by 3% year-on-year to 84,260 tonnes, with 1,836 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land decreased by 17% to 17,602 tonnes, including 5,576 tonnes of transit goods. In the first half year of 2011, outward air cargo (11,750 tonnes) and inward air cargo (5,148 tonnes) decreased significantly by 28% and 38% respectively; meanwhile, transit air cargo dropped by 27% year-on-year to 2,323 tonnes. At the end of June 2011, number of mobile telephone users rose by 18% from a year earlier to 1,262,274 whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 1% to 167,529. As regards internet services, number of subscribers reached 185,605 and the cumulative duration of usage totalled 246 million hours in the first half year of 2011, up by 19% and 23% respectively.
