24-22      Exchange Rates

 

 

 

 

(MOP to one unit of foreign currency)

Items

1990

1997

1998

1999

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average for the Year

 

 

 

 

 

    Australian Dollar                              

6.2674

5.9341

5.0203

5.1574

4.6739

    Euro

10.2280

9.0177

8.9532

8.5277

7.4183

    South Korean Won 

0.0118

0.0086

0.0057

0.0067

0.0071

    Spanish Peseta

0.0789

0.0545

0.0535

0.0513

0.0446

    US Dollar

8.0230

7.9749

7.9788

7.9918

8.0260

    Taiwan Dollar

0.2973

0.2788

0.2384

0.2477

0.2574

    French Franc

1.4767

1.3679

1.3537

1.3000

1.1309

    Pound Sterling

14.3239

13.0709

13.2203

12.9284

12.1663

    Hong Kong Dollar

1.0300

1.0300

1.0300

1.0300

1.0300

    Japanese Yen

0.0556

0.0661

0.0611

0.0704

0.0745

    Malaysian Ringgit

2.9674

2.8954

2.0387

2.1031

2.1121

    New Zealand Dollar

4.7901

5.2849

4.2816

4.2315

3.6684

    Portuguese Escudo

0.0564

0.0456

0.0443

0.0425

0.0370

    Deutsche Mark

4.9750

4.6049

4.5381

4.3601

3.7929

    P.R. China Renminbi

1.6879

0.9620

0.9637

0.9654

0.9695

    Singapore Dollar

4.4293

5.3851

4.7720

4.7160

4.6553

    Swiss Franc

5.8021

5.5020

5.5090

5.3278

4.7590

As at End of Year

 

 

 

 

 

    Australian Dollar                              

6.2043

5.2075

4.9001

5.2096

4.4888

    Euro

10.9054

8.8196

9.3113

8.0489

7.5665

    South Korean Won

0.0112

0.0046

0.0067

0.0070

0.0064

    Spanish Peseta

0.0837

0.0527

0.0559

0.0484

0.0455

    US Dollar

8.0340

7.9815

7.9799

8.0049

8.0337

    Taiwan Dollar

0.2963

0.2448

0.2476

0.2546

0.2426

    French Franc

1.5776

1.3327

1.4164

1.2271

1.1535

    Pound Sterling

15.4655

13.2297

13.2586

12.9559

11.9951

    Hong Kong Dollar

1.0300

1.0300

1.0300

1.0300

1.0300

    Japanese Yen

0.0598

0.0614

0.0695

0.0782

0.0702

    Malaysian Ringgit

2.9767

2.0518

2.0999

2.1066

2.1141

    New Zealand Dollar

4.7220

4.6392

4.2234

4.1682

3.5629

    Portuguese Escudo

0.0601

0.0436

0.0463

0.0401

0.0377

    Deutsche Mark

5.3784

4.4596

4.7478

4.1153

3.8688

    P.R. China Renminbi

1.5385

0.9640

0.9639

0.9669

0.9706

    Singapore Dollar

4.6212

5.5692

5.1533

4.8054

4.6344

    Swiss Franc

6.2962

5.4865

5.7721

5.0165

4.9865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:Pataca (MOP) is the legal tender in the Macao Special Administrative Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative

          Region of the People's Republic of China". Foreign currency refers to any currency other than the Pataca. Accordingly P.R. China Renminbi is

          also treated as foreign currency.       

 

 

 

 

          Quotations before 1/1/1999 referred to the ECU of the European Union.