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Transport and Communications Statistics for 2013


Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the total number of licensed motor vehicles reached 227,937 at the end of 2013, up by 5% year-on-year, of which motorcycles and light private cars accounted for 52% and 41% respectively. New registration of motor vehicles increased by 9% year-on-year to 19,143 in 2013, with light private cars and motorcycles sharing 49% and 45% of the total. For the whole year of 2013, number of traffic accidents totalled 15,077 cases, up by 3% year-on-year, resulting in 5,290 victims and 19 of them were killed. Cross-border vehicle traffic by land between Macao and Mainland China reached 4,658,186 vehicle trips in 2013, up by 4% year-on-year, of which vehicle traffic through the Border Gate accounted for 81%. Meanwhile, passenger ferry between Macao and Hong Kong and between Macao and Mainland China totalled 138,342 ferry trips in 2013, down marginally by 1% year-on-year, with those between Macao and Hong Kong sharing 79% of the total. Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport increased by 16% year-on-year to 44,917 in 2013, of which flight movements to and from Mainland China accounted for 38%, up by 20% year-on-year. Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong and between Macao and Mainland China totalled 17,285, down by 6% year-on-year, with those between Macao and Hong Kong accounting for 81% of the total. For the whole year of 2013, seaborne container throughput totalled 124,973 TEU, equivalent to 89,494 containers handled, up by 4% and 2% respectively year-on-year. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo decreased by 6% to 194,638 tonnes, with 6,122 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land dropped by 6% year-on-year to 28,827 tonnes, including 9,355 tonnes of transit goods. In 2013, outward air cargo (15,019 tonnes) decreased by 8% year-on-year while inward air cargo (6,434 tonnes) increased slightly by 1%. Transit air cargo decreased by 2% to 4,968 tonnes. At the end of 2013, number of mobile telephone users increased by 7% year-on-year to 1,722,245, whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 3% to 158,414. As regards internet services, number of subscribers totalled 262,863 and the cumulative duration of usage reached 814 million hours in 2013, up by 14% and 20% respectively year-on-year.



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