First Ferry Strengthens Service for Bun
Festival in Cheung Chau
Morning Report

02/05/2009 11:00

Hong Kong - To cope with the Cheung Chau Bun Festival today, New World First Ferry Services Limited ("First Ferry") has arranged supplementary sailings from Central to Cheung Chau starting from 8:00am and strengthened frontline manpower by over 30% with a view to facilitating passenger flow.

From 8:00am to 11:00am, First Ferry has doubled the number of sailings plying between Central and Cheung Chau with a departure every 15-20 minutes. Listed below is the number of passengers taking First Ferry travelling between Central and Cheung Chau from 8:00am to 11:00am.

Time

Direction

No. of Passengers

8:00am - 11:00am

Central → Cheung Chau

12,000

During the Festival, passengers travelling between Central and Cheung Chau may have to wait longer for embarkation. Frequency and departure time of sailings may need to be adjusted as circumstances required or subject to the instructions of the Hong Kong Police or related government departments. To meet the upsurge of demand, First Ferry has deployed all available stand-by vessels to provide supplementary sailings and the maximum hourly passenger carrying capacity is twice of the regular schedule. Passengers are requested to follow the instructions of the Hong Kong Police and be patient while waiting for embarkation.

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New World First Ferry Services Limited ("First Ferry") operates five inner harbour and outlying island ferry routes in Hong Kong, including North Point-Hung Hom and North Point- Kowloon City, as well as Central-Cheung Chau, Central-Mui Wo and Inter Islands (between Peng Chau, Mui Wo, Chi Ma Wan and Cheung Chau). First Ferry has a daily traffic footfall up to 35,000 passengers (as of 30 June, 2011).

First Ferry is jointly owned by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited and NWS Holdings Limited. NWS Holdings Limited ("NWS Holdings", Hong Kong stock code: 659), the infrastructure and service flagship of New World Development Company Limited (Hong Kong stock code: 17), embraces businesses in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Macau. Its Infrastructure portfolio includes Roads, Energy, Water and Ports & Logistics projects. Its Services division comprises Facilities Management (the management of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and Free Duty), Construction & Transport (Hip Hing Construction and bus and ferry services) and Strategic Investments (Newton Resources, Tricor, Haitong and securities investments).

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First Ferry Strengthens Service for Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Morning Report

First Ferry Strengthens Service for Bun
Festival in Cheung Chau
Morning Report