CO129-589-11 Port of Hong Kong- Report on future control and development 18-7-1941 - 10-10-1944 — Page 111

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between Hong Kong and Jordan Road, Shan Tung

Street, Pei lo Street, Gillies Avenue and Kai

Tak Road, all in Kowloon; also to Sai Wan Ho

near the eastern end of the Harbour; and for

vehicles between Hong Kong (Jubilee Street) and

Kowloon (Jordan Road).

(c) The New Territories Ferries run by the Hong Kong and

Yaumati Ferry Company, from a position near

Wilmer Street, Hong Kong, to Cheung Chau Island,

Tsun Wan on the mainland, Ma Wan Island, Castle

Peak Bay on the mainland, Ping Chau Island and Silver Mine Bay, Tung Chung and Tai O which are

situated on the Island of Lantau, and also to

Aberdeen a small port on the southern side of

the island of Hong Kong, all of which are

outside the Harbour limits.

The piers used by the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry

Company were constructed and are maintained by the Government,

the Company paying the Government an annual sum for the privilege

of running the ferry and for the use of the piers.

(57) The Star Ferry Company, however, built their own pier

on the Hong Kong side and rent the pier on the Kowloon side from

the Hong Kong Wharf & Godown Company, who were the originators

of the ferry. These two piers are held under the ordinary

permanent pier form of lease which lapses in 1949. The amount paid by the Star Ferry Company to the Government is naturally

less than that paid by the other ferry company, seeing that the

Star Ferry Company maintain their own piers, but the question of

increasing it is under discussion with the Government.

RECLAMATIONS.

(58) A good deal of work has been done in the way of

reclaiming land from the waters of the Harbour. The primary