During the fourth quarter of 2006, 797 new companies were registered in Macau, with 142.87 million MOP in registered capital, an increase of 10.5 per cent and 107.9 per cent respectively over the same period last year, according to the Macau government statistics and census service.
Throughout all of 2006, 3,110 newly incorporated companies were set up, an increase of 1.2 per cent over 2005. However, registered capital fell 6.4 per cent over 2005, at 557.63 million MOP.
