25-24  Exchange Rates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MOP to one unit of foreign currency)

 

Items

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average for the Year

 

 

    Australian Dollar                              

5.1574

4.6739

4.1598

4.3703

5.2271

 

    Euro

8.5277

7.4183

7.1962

7.5984

9.0696

 

    South Korean Won 

0.0067

0.0071

0.0062

0.0065

0.0067

 

    Spanish Peseta

0.0513

0.0446

0.0433

 

 

 

    US Dollar

7.9918

8.0260

8.0335

8.0334

8.0214

 

    Taiwan Dollar

0.2477

0.2574

0.2379

0.2328

0.2332

 

    French Franc

1.3000

1.1309

1.0971

 

 

 

    Pound Sterling

12.9284

12.1663

11.5698

12.0766

13.104

 

    Hong Kong Dollar

1.03

1.03

1.03

1.03

1.03

 

    Japanese Yen

0.0704

0.0745

0.0662

0.0643

0.0692

 

    Malaysian Ringgit

2.1031

2.1121

2.1141

2.1141

2.1109

 

    New Zealand Dollar

4.2315

3.6684

3.3813

3.7306

4.6671

 

    Portuguese Escudo

0.0425

0.0370

0.0359

 

 

 

    Deutsche Mark

4.3601

3.7929

3.6794

 

 

 

    P.R. China Renminbi

0.9654

0.9695

0.9706

0.9706

0.9691

 

    Singapore Dollar

4.7160

4.6553

4.4867

4.4893

4.6034

 

    Swiss Franc

5.3278

4.7590

4.7638

5.1812

5.9632

 

As at End of Year

 

 

    Australian Dollar                              

5.2096

4.4888

4.1020

4.5470

5.9869

 

    Euro

8.0489

7.5665

7.0936

8.4164

10.0413

 

    South Korean Won

0.0070

0.0064

0.0061

0.0068

0.0067

 

    Spanish Peseta

0.0484

0.0455

0.0426

 

 

    US Dollar

8.0049

8.0337

8.0313

8.0328

7.9969

 

    Taiwan Dollar

0.2546

0.2426

0.2290

0.2312

0.2351

 

    French Franc

1.2271

1.1535

1.0814

 

 

    Pound Sterling

12.9559

11.9951

11.6398

12.8810

14.2269

 

    Hong Kong Dollar

1.03

1.03

1.03

1.03

1.03

 

    Japanese Yen

0.0782

0.0702

0.0611

0.0678

0.0747

 

    Malaysian Ringgit

2.1066

2.1141

2.1135

2.1139

2.1044

 

    New Zealand Dollar

4.1682

3.5629

3.3350

4.2333

5.2388

 

    Portuguese Escudo

0.0401

0.0377

0.0354

 

 

    Deutsche Mark

4.1153

3.8688

3.6269

 

 

    P.R. China Renminbi

0.9669

0.9706

0.9704

0.9705

0.9662

 

    Singapore Dollar

4.8054

4.6344

4.3402

4.6331

4.6963

 

    Swiss Franc

5.0165

4.9865

4.7942

5.7900

6.4395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

          On 1/1/2002, the Euro banknotes and coins were introduced to the Euro zone where member states gradually discontinued

 

              the circulations of their original currencies