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The run will be served by vessels with a carrying capacity of 1,000 each, similar to the present fleet of ferries plying between Hongkong and Macao.
The trip may take six hours, taking into account that the present fleet of ferries to Macao can do 15 nautical miles an hour.
Departure time from Hongkong will be scheduled for 10 p.m., which means the passengers can land in Canton at 6 a.m. the following day.
(Sing Tao Jih Pao: September 2)
Sources have said that a terminal for the Hong Kong-Canton hovercraft service will be built on the Wan Chai reclamation, and details are expected to be announced in a month's time pending the outcome of the negotiations between the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company and the Kwantung authorities.
(South China Morning Post: September 2)
The Executive Council will be asked to approve the long-awaited project
for a new Macau ferry terminal this month.
The project will involve the building of Government and public facilities at the terminal by the developer, Shun Tak Shipping Co, in return for the right to put up a commercial building nearby.
(Star: September 5)
Shun Tak Enterprises Ltd, which is connected with the sea services to Macau and the casinos there, will finance and operate the project.
It plans to hvae the complex as modern, if not better, than the Ocean Terminal facilities.
The company wants the Government to allow it to build on a 10,500
sq. ft. site:-
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Two blocks of 24 and 39 storeys.
A three-floor podium for shopping arcades and car-parks, with one or two
restaurants.
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A helipad on one or both of the rooftops so air passengers could share the Customs and Immigration facilities if they chose to fly to and from Macau.
The sources said the company was not keen on starting a helicopeter service if the aircraft had to land at Kaitak, which passengers could find was too far away.
(South China Morning Post: September 5)
The Shun Tak Shipping Co plans to apply to the Chinese Government for permission to run either ferry, hydrofoil or jetfoil services between Hongkong and Canton.
The news came following reports that the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Co is to operate a hoverferry service between Hongkong and Canton next month.
Shun Tak's chief executive, Mr. Stanley Ho, is also involved in a proposed helicopter service between Hongkong and Macau.
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Far East Hydrofoil headed by Mr. Ho, Mr. Henry Fok and Mr. Ho Yin - has already obtained an agreement in principle from the Chinese civil aviation authorities to allow helicopters to fly over Chinese airspace when the operation begins.
Meanwhile, a Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry spokesman said his company hopes to announce final arrangements for hoverferry services between Hongkong and Canton "in the near future."
A Government Secretariat spokesman said yesterday that "specific details of the proposed service, including the pier to be used and the date of commencement, are still being discussed by the company (Yaumati Ferry), the Hongkong Government and the authorities in Canton."
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