Cheung Chau Ferry Pier () serves the island of
Cheung Chau
Cheung Chau (; ) is an outlying island of Hong Kong, located southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is also called Dumbbell Island () due to its dumbbell-like shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in Hong Kong, and had ...
,
New Territories
The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...
, Hong Kong. It is located on Praya Street within the
Cheung Chau Typhoon Shelter.
History
The pier, designed by the Port Works Division of the former Public Works Department, was officially opened on 28 April 1960.
It was substantially expanded in 1986 and 1987.
Renovation and improvement works in 2015 saw the passenger waiting area expanded, ventilation improved, and a new canopy constructed at the pier entrance.
Services
Sun Ferry
Sun Ferry Services Company Limited, more widely known as Sun Ferry () and formerly New World First Ferry Services Limited (in short New World First Ferry, First Ferry or NWFF), is a ferry service company in Hong Kong. The company was establish ...
operates a regularly scheduled route to
Central Pier No. 5 in
Central. The service runs "ordinary" (slower) ferries, as well as faster catamaran vessels. The average daily patronage of this route was 26,315 in 2015.
Future development
In 2019, the
Civil Engineering and Development Department
The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) is a department of the Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong government that reports to the Development Bureau. Its major services include provision of land and infrastructure, port and ma ...
(CEDD) commissioned a private consultant to study the feasibility of reconstructing the pier. The department outlined various objectives for this project including increasing the pier's passenger handling capacity and addressing the ageing of the pier structure. The preliminary proposal is to build a new pier to the north of the current one.
See also
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Cheung Chau Public Pier
Cheung Chau Public Pier () is a public pier in Cheung Chau, New Territories, Hong Kong, located in Praya Street, with Cheung Chau Ferry Pier located between it and the Cheung Chau Typhoon Shelter. It is used for loading and unloading of goods ...
– a separate pier to the south
References
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1960 establishments in Hong Kong
Cheung Chau
Piers in Hong Kong