24-24  Exchange Rates
(MOP to one unit of foreign currency)
Items 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
           
Average for the Year
    Australian Dollar                                5.9021 6.1064 6.0169 6.7351 6.8552
    Euro  9.9645 9.9721 10.0272 11.0049 11.8092
    Korean Won   0.0070 0.0078 0.0084 0.0087 0.0074
    US Dollar 8.0226 8.0109 8.0006 8.0360 8.0206
    Taiwan Dollar  0.2401 0.2494 0.2462 0.2447 0.2548
    Pound Sterling 14.6911 14.5820 14.6993 16.0887 14.8965
    Hong Kong Dollar 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300
    Japanese Yen 0.0742 0.0729 0.0689 0.0683 0.0776
    Malaysian Ringgit  2.1112 2.1155 2.1797 2.3374 2.4124
    New Zealand Dollar 5.3214 5.6436 5.1889 5.9128 5.7341
    P.R. China Renminbi 0.9693 0.9778 1.0025 1.0560 1.1546
    Singapore Dollar 4.7452 4.8137 5.0294 5.3325 5.6788
    Swiss Franc 6.4572 6.4424 6.3801 6.6998 7.4326
As at End of Year
    Australian Dollar                                6.2470 5.8462 6.3291 7.0632 5.5103
    Euro  10.9057 9.4555 10.5194 11.8411 11.2787
    Korean Won  0.0077 0.0079 0.0086 0.0086 0.0063
    US Dollar 8.0095 7.9871 8.0059 8.0341 7.9824
    Taiwan Dollar  0.2522 0.2433 0.2451 0.2472 0.2437
    Pound Sterling 15.4155 13.7598 15.7020 16.0501 11.5326
    Hong Kong Dollar 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300 1.0300
    Japanese Yen 0.0780 0.0679 0.0673 0.0716 0.0884
    Malaysian Ringgit  2.1078 2.1133 2.2673 2.4254 2.3021
    New Zealand Dollar 5.7644 5.4468 5.6434 6.2341 4.6102
    P.R. China Renminbi  0.9677 0.9897 1.0244 1.0999 1.1678
    Singapore Dollar 4.9003 4.8043 5.2117 5.5630 5.5520
    Swiss Franc 7.0665 6.0743 6.5485 7.1481 7.5569
           
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.