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RECEIVED 24 SAAKYPY NO. 51 14 NOV 1978
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THE HONGKONG & YAUMATI FERRY CO., LTD.
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3rd November 1978
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(2) HK GD, f.c.o ® Batch Entang Petzing.
The Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry Co., Ltd. announces that
the Official Opening of the Hong Kong-Kwangchow Hoverferry Service
will take place on Friday, the 17th November, 1978.
G7/x1 |*
Hoverferries will leave both Hong Kong and Kwangchow daily
at 7.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Journey time will be
approximately 2 hrs. and 40 mins. Fares per single trip will be
HK$65.00/Renminbi (¥) 23.50. Free luggage allowance per passenger
is 20 kilograms.
The China Travel Service Ltd. will be handling the sales
of tickets. Travellers (Hong Kong and Macao Chinese, Overseas Chinese
and Foreign Passport Holder of Chinese Origin) will be required to
pay a service charge to China Travel Service Ltd. for their services
which include applications, luggage handling, special transport between
Whampoa and Huachiao Mansion at Haichu Square, Canton. Advance tickets
will be available as from 10th November 1978. Detail information can
be obtained from China Travel Service Ltd.
Official Opening Ceremonies will take place at Hong Kong
and Kwangchow simultaneously at 9.15 a.m. on the 17th November, 1978,
and will be followed by Inaugural sailings for invited guests.
Normal hoverferry service will be opened to the public as
from the 18th November 1978,
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