Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that new registration of motor vehicles decreased by 29.8% year-on-year to 939 in June 2016. In the first half year of 2016, new registration of motor vehicles dropped by 31.6% year-on-year to 6,869, with that of motorcycles (3,809) and light private cars (2,186) falling by 25.9% and 48.4% respectively. Total number of licensed motor vehicles reached 248,680 at the end of June, up by 1.9% year-on-year; motorcycles and light private cars accounted for 52.1% and 41.0% respectively of the total. There were 1,269 traffic accident cases in June and number of injuries totalled 364. In the first half year of 2016, number of traffic accidents decreased by 2.5% year-on-year to 7,425 cases, resulting in 2,276 casualties and 4 of them were killed. Cross-border vehicle traffic totalled 427,258 trips in June 2016, up by 2.1% year-on-year. In the first half year of 2016, cross-border vehicle traffic rose slightly by 0.7% year-on-year to 2,549,159 trips, of which vehicle traffic through the Border Gate took up 77.2%. Passenger ferry movements between Macao and Mainland China and between Macao and Hong Kong decreased by 6.4% year-on-year to 10,966 trips in June, while movements in the first half year (68,080 trips) dropped by 6.3%. Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport totalled 4,422 in June 2016, up by 7.1% year-on-year. In the first half year of 2016, commercial flight movements increased by 6.8% year-on-year to 27,202 trips; flight movements to and from Mainland China and Vietnam dropped by 2.9% and 3.1% while movements to and from Japan, Thailand and Taiwan rose by 64.8%, 21.1% and 16.6% respectively. Helicopter flight movements between Macao and Mainland China and between Macao and Hong Kong decreased by 11.2% year-on-year to 1,074 trips in June, while movements in the first half year (4,808 trips) fell by 31.8%. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo dropped by 35.1% year-on-year to 14,747 tonnes in June 2016. Seaborne container throughput totalled 10,273 TEU, equivalent to 7,180 containers handled, down by 18.9% and 17.4% respectively year-on-year. In the first half year of 2016, gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo decreased by 28.4% year-on-year to 95,240 tonnes, of which 49.9% passed through Inner Harbour; seaborne container throughput (63,201 TEU) and containers handled (43,164) dropped by 15.0% and 13.7% respectively. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land decreased by 7.0% year-on-year to 1,955 tonnes in June. In the first half year of 2016, gross weight of containerized cargo by land rose by 20.2% year-on-year to 12,184 tonnes, of which cargo through the Checkpoint of Cotai (10,395 tonnes) accounted for 85.3%. The Macao International Airport handled 2,540 tonnes of air cargo in June 2016, up by 12.2% year-on-year. In the first half year of 2016, inward air cargo (3,070 tonnes) decreased by 11.9% year-on-year while outward air cargo (8,867 tonnes) increased by 20.4%; inward air cargo from Taiwan (57.7% of total) dropped by 15.0% whereas outward air cargo to Taiwan (44.5% of total) rose by 33.7%. Transit air cargo (3,180 tonnes) increased by 2.3% year-on-year in the first half year. At the end of June 2016, number of fixed-line telephone subscribers decreased by 6.9% year-on-year to 140,173. Number of mobile telephone subscribers rose slightly by 0.5% to 1,874,950, of which stored-value GSM card subscribers (1,191,099) accounted for 63.5%. Number of internet subscribers increased by 10.7% year-on-year to 350,879. In the first half year of 2016, the cumulative duration of internet usage rose by 12.4% year-on-year to 582 million hours.
