TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1979
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HYF SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY WILL INTRODUCE A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES TO ITS FERRY SERVICE FROM THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 1) TO COPE WITH THE RAPID PASSENGER DEMAND IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT 16 SUPPLEMENTARY SAILINGS WOULD BE INTRODUCED ON THE EXISTING HOVERFERRY SERVICE BETWEEN SAI WAN HO AND JUBILEE STREET IN ORDER TO HELP RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON ROAD TRANSPORT.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID, THE SERVICE WOULD BE DIVERTED FROM JUBILEE STREET TO CENTRAL HARBOUR SERVICES PIER, AND THE REVISED TIMETABLE FOR FERRY RUNS DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON PEAK HOURS WOULD BE DISPLAYED AT BOTH FERRY PIERS AT SAI WAN HO AND CENTRAL. THE FARE WOULD BE $3 FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN AND NO FREIGHT WILL BE ALLOWED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID A SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING WOULD BE OPERATED FROM HONG KONG TO SILVERMINE BAY VIA PENG CHAU AT 10 P.M. FOR A TRIAL PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS, AND WOULD BE REVIEWED LATER DEPENDING ON PASSENGER DEMAND. NO FREIGHT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
THE EXISTING JUBILEE STREET TO TAI KOK TSUI FERRY SERVICE WOULD BE DIVERTED FROM JUBILEE STREET PIER TO BLAKE PIER WITH NO CHANGE IN THE TIMETABLE, HE SAID.
THE JUBILEE STREET TO KWUN TONG FERRY SERVICE, NOW BEING OPERATED WITH DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DECK VESSELS BEFORE 9 A.M., WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SERVED BY THESE LARGE VESSELS UNTIL 10 A.M., THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, HOVERFERRIES WOULD STILL BE USED DURING NON-PEAK HOURS, AND SUPPLEMENTARY SAILINGS WOULD BE OPERATED ON TRAFFIC DEMAND.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW FARES FOR THE ROUTE WOULD BE $1 FOR ORDINARY CLASS, $1.50 FOR DE LUXE CLASS AND $3_FOR HOVERFERRY SERVICES. THERE WOULD BE NO HALF FARE FOR CHILDREN FOR DE LUXE AND HOVERFERRY SERVICES, BUT HALF FARE FOR CHILDREN AT 50 CENTS WOULD REMAIN FOR ORDINARY CLASS.
MEANWHILE, THE WAN CHAI TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY SERVICE, WHICH HAD TEMPORARILY BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE AUGUST DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE JORDAN ROAD FERRY PIER BY TYPHOON, WOULD BE RESUMED ON NOVEMBER 5. THE SERVICE WOULD OPERATE BETWEEN 6,20 A.M. AND MIDNIGHT AT A 20-MINUTE FREQUENCY.
*THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LEVEL AND STANDARD OF FERRY SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED WHEN REQUIRED,✦ THE SOPKESMAN SAID.
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