At the end of 1953, that is the end of the Company's 30th year, the fleet consisted of 39 vessels.
Two vessels are now under construction; one built at Messrs. Yarrow & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, and shipped to Hong Kong for reassembly by the Hongkong Shipyard Limited, who will also install the machinery and complete the vessel for service. A smaller 400 passenger steel ferry "MAN HEI" has just been launched in the same shipyard.
In addition to the fleet, the Company now owns (under Crown Leases) approximately 58,950 sq. ft. of land with a water frontage of 263 ft. and is now constructing a large berthing pier and reconditioning 2 large slipways for the maintenance of the ferry fleet. This Depot is expected to be completed in 1954.
The total number of passengers and vehicles traffic carried by this Company in 1953 was follows:-
as
Passengers
74,923,600
Vehicles
1,076,200
The Nominal Capital of the Company is now $30,000,000 divided into 7,500 Preferential Shares and 2,992,500 Ordinary Shares of $10.00 each.
Carrying
FERRY FLEET
Carrying
Name 船名
Capacity 俄量
Name 船名
Capacity 儀 量
Man On
民安
800 passengers
Man Yiu
民耀
and 32 cars
Man Fai
民輝
Man Lok
R 154
800 passengers
Man Fung
民豐
and 32 cars
Man Yick
Man Foo
民富
800 passengers
Man Sang
耀輝豐益生
669 passengers
669
656
"/
656
"
656
and 26 cars
Man Choy
民
656
Man Kung
R
800 passengers
Man Po
656
"
and 26 cars
Man Keung
民強
586
Man Kim
民儉
800 passengers
Man Kwok
571
"
and 26 cars
Man Ying
民英
519
"
Man Yeung
民讓
800 passengers
Man Hong
民康
522
11
and 26 cars
Man Kwong
民光
429
Man Wing
民榮
750 passengers
Man Wo
民和
424
"
Man Tack 民德
706
Man Leung
民量
419
"1
Man Chi
675
Man Hing
385
"1
"
Man To
民道
650
Man Kin
民健
379
""
Man Wai
672
Man Fook 民福
366
""
Man Lai
民禮
459
Man Ka
民家
360
"/
"
Man Yee
民義
Man Chung
Man Shun
Man Fat
Man Ching
民信
民
義忠信發 清
449
Man Kuen
民權
325
"
"
439
Man Shing
322
#1
"1
456
Man Tat
民達
314
"
"
280
Man Ping
民平
292
#
"
197
"
8 Lighters and Landing Pontoons
I Service Launch.
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