Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that number of licensed vehicles in Macao reached 157,204 at the end of June 2006, of which 51% (80,684) were motorcycles and 42% (65,590) were private vehicles. Registration of new vehicles grew by 3% year-on-year to 8,604 in the first half of 2006, motorcycles and light vehicles accounted for 60% and 37% respectively. In the first six months of 2006, there were 6,382 cases of traffic accidents, a drop of 2% over the same period of 2005, resulting in 2,129 casualties and 7 of them were killed. Traffic flow by land between Macao and Mainland China rose by 8% to 1,593,182 vehicle trips. The Border Gate was the major passage that took up 81% of the total, while the Checkpoint of CoTai recorded 301,871 vehicle trips. In the first six months of 2006, arrivals and departures of commercial flights at the Macao International Airport totalled 23,387, up by 13% over the same period of 2005. Taiwan, China and Mainland China were the major routes that accounted for 48% and 35% of the total commercial flights to/from Macao. At the Outer Harbour, helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong registered a 2% year-on-year decrease to 7,775 ; besides, 1,400 helicopter flights were recorded between Macao and Mainland China. Passenger transport by sea between Hong Kong and Macao rose slightly by 1% to 39,937 ferry trips over the first half of 2005, while passenger ferry between Macao and Mainland China surged significantly by 37% to 7,242 trips. For containerized cargo, total seaborne container throughput reached 62,213 TEUs or 44,562 seaborne containers handled, up by 25% and 22% over the first six months of 2005. Outward air cargo handled at the Macao International Airport registered a year-on-year increase of 2% to 41,784 tonnes in the first half of 2006. Taiwan, China; Mainland China; and the Luxembourg were major destinations that accounted for 67%, 15% and 7% respectively of the total. Concurrently, inward air cargo fell by 4% to 12,715 tonnes where those from Taiwan, China took up 89% of the total. In addition, transit cargo by air increased by 26% year-on-year to 52,967 tonnes in the first six months of 2006. At the end of June 2006, number of fixed line telephone totalled 175,340; mobile telephone and stored value GSM card users reached 593,061 when the number of internet services subscribers increased by 17% to 96,549. The cumulative usage of internet services reached 54.28 million hours in the first half of 2006, up by 57% over the same period of 2005.
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