- 5
Tuesday, February 5, 1974
In 1971, it was 24.26 million tons. The figure went up to
28.23 million tons in 1972 and 31.01 million tons last year
despite fewer number of ships coming in.
this
The port statistics also showed a marked decrease in the number of passengers arriving by sea, coming down from 26,097 in 1971 to 11,655
in 1972, and a mere 8,802 in 1973.
"Several reasons can be attributed to this fall-off," the
Marine Dopartment spokoman said, "not least of which are the increasing running costs for passenger ships and the increasing number of cheaper
chartered air passages which are now available.'
On the other hand, however, the number of passengers travelling
to and from Macau has shown a significant increase.
In 1971, the figure was 3,193,855, increasing to 3,861,876
in 1972, and 4,496,507 Last year.
The spokesman said that in view of the escalation in passenger movements, the government would completely reprovision the Macau Ferry Terminal to meet the increasing demands on the facility.
16