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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES

DAILY

INFORMATION BULLETIN

Thursday, June 1, 1972

FRANCHISE AWARDED BY GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL

To Operate Passenger Ferry Services

The Transport Department announced today that the Governor-in-Council

had awarded a franchise to the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Co. to operate

passenger ferry services between Shau Kei Wan/Kwun Tong and Shau Kei Wan/Sam

Ka Tsuen.

For this purpose, the Company would build a new pier at Shau Kei

Wan and would start the new services in October after completion of the pier.

In the meantime, with the agreement of the Marine Department, the

Company will run a temporary service between Shau Kei Wan (Ah Kung Ngam)

and Sam Ka Tsuen from about mid-June, between 6.15 a.m. and 9.15 p.m. at

a 20 minute frequency and a fare of 20 cents.

The landing facilities at both ends will necessarily be of a

temporary nature until the new piers are ready in October.

Until the Yaumati Ferry Company is ready to take over in October,

the Rymo Motorboat Company under a Marine Department licence will continue

to provide a temporary passenger service between the Hing Man Street pier

(Shau Kei Wan) and the public pier at Kwun Tong.

This service will operate from 6 a.m. to midnight at a frequency

of 7

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10 minutes, with a flat fare of 30 cents.

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