25-24  Exchange Rates  
 
 
      (MOP to one unit of foreign currency)
Items 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
           
Average for the Year  
    Australian Dollar 4.1598 4.3703 5.2271 5.9021 6.1064
    Euro 7.1962 7.5984 9.0696 9.9645 9.9721
    South Korean Won 0.0062 0.0065 0.0067 0.0070 0.0078
    Spanish Peseta① 0.0433    
    US Dollar 8.0335 8.0334 8.0214 8.0226 8.0109
    Taiwan Dollar 0.2379 0.2328 0.2332 0.2401 0.2494
    French Franc① 1.0971    
    Pound Sterling 11.5698 12.0766 13.1040 14.6911 14.5820
    Hong Kong Dollar 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300
    Japanese Yen 0.0662 0.0643 0.0692 0.0742 0.0729
    Malaysian Ringgit 2.1141 2.1141 2.1109 2.1112 2.1155
    New Zealand Dollar 3.3813 3.7306 4.6671 5.3214 5.6436
    Portuguese Escudo① 0.0359    
    Deutsche Mark① 3.6794    
    P.R. China Renminbi 0.9706 0.9706 0.9691 0.9693 0.9778
    Singapore Dollar 4.4867 4.4893 4.6034 4.7452 4.8137
    Swiss Franc 4.7638 5.1812 5.9632 6.4572 6.4424
As at End of Year  
    Australian Dollar 4.1020 4.5470 5.9869 6.2470 5.8462
    Euro 7.0936 8.4164 10.0413 10.9057 9.4555
    South Korean Won 0.0061 0.0068 0.0067 0.0077 0.0079
    Spanish Peseta① 0.0426  
    US Dollar 8.0313 8.0328 7.9969 8.0095 7.9871
    Taiwan Dollar 0.2290 0.2312 0.2351 0.2522 0.2433
    French Franc① 1.0814  
    Pound Sterling 11.6398 12.8810 14.2269 15.4155 13.7598
    Hong Kong Dollar 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300
    Japanese Yen 0.0611 0.0678 0.0747 0.0780 0.0679
    Malaysian Ringgit 2.1135 2.1139 2.1044 2.1078 2.1133
    New Zealand Dollar 3.3350 4.2333 5.2388 5.7644 5.4468
    Portuguese Escudo① 0.0354  
    Deutsche Mark① 3.6269  
    P.R. China Renminbi 0.9704 0.9705 0.9662 0.9677 0.9897
    Singapore Dollar 4.3402 4.6331 4.6963 4.9003 4.8043
    Swiss Franc 4.7942 5.7900 6.4395 7.0665 6.0743
           
     
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.          
          ①On 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