Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that number of licensed vehicles in Macao reached 153,867 at the end of 2005, of which 51% (78,816) were motorcycles and 44% (68,334) were light vehicles. New registration of vehicles surged by 15% year-on-year to 17,550 in 2005, motorcycles and light vehicles accounted for 59% and 38% respectively of the new registrations. There were 13,318 cases of traffic accidents reported in 2005, an increase of 4% over 2004, resulting in 4,331 casualties and 18 of them were killed. Traffic flow by land between Macao and Mainland China grew by 10% to 3,101,421 vehicle trips. The Border Gate was the major passage that took up 78% of the total, the Checkpoint of CoTai recorded 687,254 vehicle trips. In 2005, arrival and departure of commercial flights at the Macao International Airport totalled 42,766, up by 12% over 2004. Taiwan, China and Mainland China were the major routes that accounted for 53% and 36% of the total commercial flights to/from Macao. At the Outer Harbour, 17,061 helicopter flights (-7% year-on-year) between Macao and Hong Kong were recorded; besides, helicopter flights between Macao and Mainland China totalled 3,022 in 2005. Compared with 2004, passenger transport by sea between Hong Kong and Macao increased by 6% to 80,052 ferry trips, while passenger ferry between Macao and Mainland China (11,562 trips) rose by 8%. Number of cargo vessel departures was 11,986, with a total capacity of 3,331,000 net registered tons, 66% (7,866) of the vessels were flying the Chinese flag. In 2005, total seaborne container throughput was 117,482 TEUs or 93,935 seaborne containers handled, which fell by 10% and 8% compared with 2004. Number of container flow by land showed a 17% year-on-year decrease to 9,401. In addition, gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo in the first eleven months of 2005 decreased by 14% over 2004 to 267,940 tonnes, of which 80,676 tonnes were transshipment goods; meanwhile, gross weight of containerized cargo by land dropped by 19% to 81,447 tonnes, including 62,229 tonnes of transit goods. Total weight of outward cargo handled at the Macao International Airport registered a year-on-year decrease of 9% to 96,366 tonnes in 2005, while that of inward cargo also fell by 6% to 27,957 tonnes. Number of fixed telephone lines totalled 174,389 at the end of 2005; mobile telephone and stored value GSM card users reached 532,758. Regarding internet services, number of subscribers increased to 88,592 and cumulative hour of usage reached 79.18 million hours in 2005, up by 15% and 47% respectively compared with 2004.
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