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 .
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