Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of licensed vehicles reached 189,757 at the end of March 2010, a year-on-year increase of 3%, of which 54% (102,626) were motorcycles and 39% (73,514) were light private cars. New registration of motor vehicles increased by 1% year-on-year to 3,947 in the first quarter of 2010, with motorcycles and light private cars accounting for 61% and 35% respectively. In the first quarter of 2010, number of traffic accidents rose by 3% year-on-year to 3,113 cases, resulting in 1,251 victims and 1 of them was killed. Traffic flow by land between Macao and Mainland China increased by 3% year-on-year to 894,020 vehicle trips in the first quarter of 2010, with vehicle traffic through the Border Gate taking up 82% of the total. Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport fell by 4% year-on-year to 8,956 in the first quarter of 2010. The major routes were Taiwan, China; Mainland China; Malaysia; and Thailand, accounting for 38%, 25%, 9% and 8% of the total commercial flights. Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong increased slightly by 1% year-on-year to 3,562 and those between Macao and Mainland China went up by 4% to 790. Passenger transport by sea between Macao and Hong Kong totalled 28,178 ferry trips, similar to that of a year earlier, with the Outer Harbour sharing 75% of the total (21,079). Ferry trips between Macao and Mainland China totalled 6,429, up by 25% year-on-year, with the Inner Harbour (2,890) and the Outer Harbour (2,653) accounting for 45% and 41% of the total respectively. In the first quarter of 2010, seaborne container throughput totalled 20,084 TEU or 14,234 containers handled, down by 7% and 10% respectively year-on-year. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo fell by 11% to 40,405 tonnes, with 2,772 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land dropped notably by 39% to 9,846 tonnes, including 2,999 tonnes of transit goods. Outward air cargo grew significantly by 60% year-on-year to 7,592 tonnes in the first quarter of 2010. The main destination was Taiwan, China that accounted for 71% of the total. Concurrently, inward air cargo surged by 87% to 4,110 tonnes, with those from Taiwan, China taking a predominant share of 86%. However, transit air cargo dropped by 43% year-on-year to 1,629 tonnes. At the end of March 2010, number of mobile telephone users rose by 7% from a year earlier to 1,055,722 whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 2% to 170,567. As regards internet services, number of subscribers reached 150,069 and the cumulative duration of usage totalled 97.2 million hours in the first quarter of 2010, up by 17% and 29% respectively.
