MACAO, July 24 (Xinhua) — Macao’s light metro and bus services will transport some 500,000 passengers a day in 2011, local media reported Tuesday.

    The Macao Post Daily quoted Lau Si Io, secretary for Transport and Public Works, as saying that the light metro system alone is expected to handle 200,000 passengers a day in 2011.

    ”There will be a huge demand for public transport services in the future, following Macao’s economic development and the growth in the visitor numbers,” the official was cited as saying.

    The region has a population of 520,000.