TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1986
FARES REVISED ON FIVE FERRY SERVICES
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FARES ON TWO EXCURSION FERRY SERVICES RUN BY THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY LIMITED AND THREE OTHER LICENSED FERRY SERVICES WILL RISE FROM SATURDAY (MAY 3).
ON HYF'S MA LIU SHUI TO PING CHAU (MIRS BAY) ROUTE, AN ORDINARY CLASS ROUND-TRIP TICKET WILL COST $20 AND DELUXE CLASS TICKET $32. THE EXISTING FARES ARE $15 AND $24 RESPECTIVELY.
ON HYF'S CENTRAL TO TAI O VIA TUEN MUN AND SHA LO WAN ROUTE THE SINGLE JOURNEY FARE WILL RISE FROM $10 TO $12. FREIGHT CHARGES, HOWEVER, WILL BE UNCHANGED AT $4.20 PER 50 KILOGRAMS OR 0.1 CUBIC METRE.
FOR THE LICENSED FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN ABERDEEN AND SOK KWU WAN, THE NEW SINGLE JOURNEY FARES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WILL BE $3.50 AND $1.70 RESPECTIVELY FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS. THE EXISTING FARES ARE $3 AND $1.50. ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, THE ADULT FARE WILL BE INCREASED FROM $4 TO $4.60 AND THE CHILDREN'S FARE FROM $2 TO $2.30.
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FREIGHT WILL BE CHARGED AT $3 PER 60.5 KILOGRAMS OR 0.11 CULIC
NEW FARES WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED FOR THE LICENSED FERRY SERVICE LINKING SAI WAN HO WITH RENNIE'S MILL AND RENNIE'S MILL WITH HANG HAU. ON BOTH ROUTES THE ADULT SINGLE JOURNEY FARE WILL BE $2.50 INSTEAD OF $2. THE CHILDREN'S AND STUDENT FARE REMAINS UNCHANGED AT $1.50 WHILE FREIGHT CHARGE WILL RISE FROM $2 TO $2.50 PER 60.5 KILOGRAMS OR 0.11 CUBIC METRE.
THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATERBORNE TRANSPORT ENDORSED THESE FARE REVISIONS BECAUSE OPERATIONS ON THE ROUTES WERE BEING AFFECTED BY EITHER RISING OPERATING COSTS OR INSUFFICIENT PATRONAGE, OR BOTH, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
+ THE NEW FARES FOR HYF'S TWO EXCURSION ROUTES ARE IN LINE WITH THE FARE LEVELS FOR THE COMPANY'S FRANCHISED FERRY SERVICES, WHICH WERE REVISED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, HE NOTED.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT FROM MAY 3 THE RENNIE'S MILL TO HANG HAU SERVICE WILL OPERATE ONLY DURING PEAK HOURS. THE SCHEDULE FOR DEPARTURES FROM RENNIE'S MILL WILL BE 7 AM, 8 AM, 11 AM, 5.30 P AND 6.30 PM. DEPARTURES FROM HANG HAU WILL BE 7.45 AM, 8.15 AM, 12.30 PM, 5.45 PM AND 6.45 PM.
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