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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1988

NEW $226 MILLION CHINA FERRY TERMINAL OPENS IN SEPTEMBER

THE NEW $226.5 MILLION CHINA FERRY TERMINAL IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL IN SEPTEMBER TO PROVIDE MUCH-IMPROVED SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO CHINA-BOUND PASSENGERS.

THE SCALE OF BERTHING, WHICH IS SERVICES, WILL BE (FRIDAY),

THE NEW FEES FOR PASSENGER EMBARKATION AND THE SAME AS THOSE FOR EXISTING MACAU FERRY PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW

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THE NEW FEES WILL COME INTO EFFECT AFTER THE OPENING OF THE CHINA FERRY TERMINAL IN CANTON ROAD IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE TEMPORARY FERRY TERMINALS AT TAI KOK TSUI AND CENTRAL WILL BE CLOSED, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID THE FERS WERE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE AS THE AT BOTH THE NEW AND THE MACAU TERMINALS ARE COMPARABLE.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE HIGHER FEES WERE AT THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL IN CENTRAL WHEN IT WAS OPENED 1985, AND THE GOVERNMENT THEN DECIDED THAT THESE CHARGES APPLY TO ALL CHINA FERRY SERVICES IN FUTURE WHEN TERMINAL TO CHINA WERE BROUGHT UP TO STANDARD.

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FACILITIES

INTRODUCED IN OCTOBER WOULD ALSO

"THE LONG TERM INTENTION IS THAT BOTH CHINA AND MACAU WILL BE OPERATED FROM EACH TERMINAL," HE ADDED.

FACILITIES

SERVICES

THE NEW SCALES ARE:

PASSENGER EMBARKATION FEES

(A)

PASSENGERS PAYING AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING $12 FOR A SINGLE JOURNEY OR TRAVELLING FREE OF CHARGE ON A COMPLIMENTARY TICKET

$15

(B) OTHER PASSENGERS

$6

BERTHING FEES

PER TON

(A) DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT FERRIES

(B)

CONVENTIONAL FERRIES

(C)

OTHER VESSELS NOT USED FOR FERRY SERVICES

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INCREASE FROM $1 TO $2

INCREASE FROM $0.5 TO $1

INCREASE FROM $1 TO $2

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