Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of licensed motor vehicles reached 210,580 at the end of June 2012, a year-on-year increase of 5%, of which motorcycles (112,644) and light private cars (83,641) accounted for 53% and 40% respectively. New registration of motor vehicles decreased by 1% year-on-year to 8,298 in the first half year of 2012, with light private cars and motorcycles sharing 48% and 47% of the total.

In the first half year of 2012, number of traffic accidents rose by 4% year-on-year to 7,160 cases, resulting in 2,525 victims and 6 of them were killed.

Cross-border vehicle traffic by land between Macao and Mainland China increased by 7% year-on-year to 2,140,410 vehicle trips in the first six months of 2012, of which vehicle traffic through the Border Gate accounted for 84%.

Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport increased by 3% year-on-year to 17,913 in the first half year of 2012, with Mainland China (38% of total); Taiwan, China (28%) and Thailand (12%) being the major routes. Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong (7,057) and between Macao and Mainland China (1,582) decreased by 12% and 17% respectively.

Passenger ferry between Macao and Hong Kong totalled 56,760 ferry trips in the first half year of 2012, down by 8% year-on-year. Passenger ferry between Macao and Mainland China increased by 10% year-on-year to 13,216 ferry trips.

In the first half year of 2012, seaborne container throughput totalled 56,217 TEU or 41,291 containers handled, up by 17% and 16% respectively year-on-year. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo increased by 25% year-on-year to 105,305 tonnes, with 3,206 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land decreased by 2% to 17,220 tonnes, including 5,779 tonnes of transit goods.

In the first half year of 2012, outward (8,104 tonnes) and inward air cargo (3,227 tonnes) fell significantly by 31% and 37% respectively year-on-year. Transit air cargo decreased by 13% year-on-year to 2,023 tonnes.

At the end of June 2012, number of mobile telephone users increased by 16% from a year earlier to 1,466,672, whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 2% to 164,363. As regards internet services, number of subscribers reached 218,171 and the cumulative duration of usage totalled 318 million hours in the first half year of 2012, up by 18% and 29% respectively.