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Wednesday, December 12, 1973

NEW CENTRAL-KWUNTONG FERRY SERVICE APPROVED

The Legislative Council today adopted a motion permitting the

Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company Limited to operate a permanent passenger

ferry service between Central District (Jubilee Street) and Kwun Tong.

Speaking on the motion, the Financial Secretary, the Hon. C.P.

Haddon-Cave, said that the company had been operating this service sinoe

May 1972 under a temporary licence granted by the Commissioner for Transport.

"The experimental service has proved to be very popular with

weekday commuters as indicated by the fact that approximately 360,000

passengers travel by it every month," he said.

"Since the majority of these passengers would otherwise have to

travel by various forms of land transport between Kwun Tong and other

harbour crossing points in Kowloon the service has helped to ease road

congestion."

The Financial Secretary pointed out that the ferry company's

application for inclusion of this new service to its franchise had the

support of the Transport Advisory Committee.

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