25-24  Exchange Rates
(MOP to one unit of foreign currency)
Items 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
           
Average for the Year
    Australian Dollar                                4.6739 4.1598 4.3703 5.2271 5.9021
    Euro 7.4183 7.1962 7.5984 9.0696 9.9645
    South Korean Won   0.0071 0.0062 0.0065 0.0067 0.0070
    Spanish Peseta 0.0446 0.0433  
    US Dollar 8.0260 8.0335 8.0334 8.0214 8.0226
    Taiwan Dollar  0.2574 0.2379 0.2328 0.2332 0.2401
    French Franc 1.1309 1.0971  
    Pound Sterling 12.1663 11.5698 12.0766 13.1040 14.6911
    Hong Kong Dollar 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03
    Japanese Yen 0.0745 0.0662 0.0643 0.0692 0.0742
    Malaysian Ringgit  2.1121 2.1141 2.1141 2.1109 2.1112
    New Zealand Dollar 3.6684 3.3813 3.7306 4.6671 5.3214
    Portuguese Escudo 0.0370 0.0359  
    Deutsche Mark 3.7929 3.6794  
    P.R. China Renminbi 0.9695 0.9706 0.9706 0.9691 0.9693
    Singapore Dollar 4.6553 4.4867 4.4893 4.6034 4.7452
    Swiss Franc 4.7590 4.7638 5.1812 5.9632 6.4572
As at End of Year
    Australian Dollar                                4.4888 4.1020 4.5470 5.9869 6.2470
    Euro 7.5665 7.0936 8.4164 10.0413 10.9057
    South Korean Won  0.0064 0.0061 0.0068 0.0067 0.0077
    Spanish Peseta 0.0455 0.0426
    US Dollar 8.0337 8.0313 8.0328 7.9969 8.0095
    Taiwan Dollar  0.2426 0.2290 0.2312 0.2351 0.2522
    French Franc 1.1535 1.0814
    Pound Sterling 11.9951 11.6398 12.8810 14.2269 15.4155
    Hong Kong Dollar 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03
    Japanese Yen 0.0702 0.0611 0.0678 0.0747 0.0780
    Malaysian Ringgit  2.1141 2.1135 2.1139 2.1044 2.1078
    New Zealand Dollar 3.5629 3.3350 4.2333 5.2388 5.7644
    Portuguese Escudo 0.0377 0.0354
    Deutsche Mark 3.8688 3.6269
    P.R. China Renminbi  0.9706 0.9704 0.9705 0.9662 0.9677
    Singapore Dollar 4.6344 4.3402 4.6331 4.6963 4.9003
    Swiss Franc 4.9865 4.7942 5.7900 6.4395 7.0665
           
   
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