24-31  Number of Payments and Amount of Subsidy Granted by Social Security Fund
Type	2006		2007		2008
	Number of	Amount	Number of	Amount	Number of	Amount
	Payments	(10 000MOP)	Payments	(10 000MOP)	Payments	(10 000MOP)
Total	240445	26672	237136	31753	407961	43616
Old Age Pension	158742	17383	170091	22801	341169	36422
Disability Pension	10279	1118	10838	1437	19589	2042
Social Security Pension	41953	3470	26730	2219
Special Payment	15305	1607	16463	2218	31056	2609
Unemployment Benefit	6462	1405	5138	1076	7122	1538
Sickness Allowance	2221	268	2113	234	2422	265
Birth Allowance	2595	260	3115	311	3692	369
Marriage Allowance	1560	156	1657	166	2194	219
Funeral Subsidy	670	87	580	75	637	83
Compensation for
Pneumoconiosis	-	-	3	66	-	-
Credit Advances to
Workers in Enterprises	140	190	63	295	51	57
with Financial Problems
Aid given to the Unemployed
Construction Workers	160	39	-	-	-	-
Regulation of Incentives
and Training for the
Unemployed	358	206	345	123	29	11
Regulation of Specific Clause
on Professional Training-
Training Course for	-r	484	-r	724	-	-
Casino Dealers
Other	-r	-r	-r	-r	-	-